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In reply to the discussion: THIS should be the top story for every news outlet on the planet [View all]SkyDaddy7
(6,045 posts)...Scientist have long warned if we burn through just the oil in the Canadian Tar Sands that would be enough to ensure catastrophic warming leaving some places on Earth uninhabitable for much of the year! Then add in the fact we here in the USA will almost certainly burn through all our shale gas we get by fracking as well & the future looks very dark! However, Russia, Denmark, Norway, Canada & the USA are all going to fight over, drill for & burn through who knows how much of the TRILLIONS of dollars worth of fossil fuels below the ice in the Arctic as it melts & access to it becomes cost effective! ...I feel so sorry for every child being born into this world today & what they will be facing when they're my age (50yrs old)!! By 2070 Earth will be a radically different planet in terms of the climate.