Reality check for global warming

ABC News: Is This Humanity's First Planetary Emergency?

The simple answer to that question is "Yes." This journalist makes a really good point in this article. So many people are raising the alarm about global warming that the message tends to get lost in the sounds of the alarm. It's good to take a step back and think about that message. Have we gone beyond the point of no return with our elevating greenhouse gases? Most say we can still turn things around. Some say it's too late. Either way, we need to remind ourselves over and over again that we're talking about our freakin' planet! It's not just about the weather changing. It's the entire planet's climate. Humans will have one helluva time trying to survive in a future of extreme storms and rising sea levels. And that's putting it mildly. Sometimes it makes me wonder if it's worth having kids if we're just bringing them into a world that will change beyond recognition - for the worse. It's a scary prospect. It's one I know other friends of mine around the child bearing age are considering as well. What kind of world will our kids inherit once all is said and done? Or more realistically - said Yes, we'll keep talking about it until we're blue in the face, but done? Maybe not in time.