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Originally Posted by Sean
If we don't....
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I've pretty much concluded: we won't!
We've shown enormous ingenuity on all manner of things in our history, but I honestly don't think humanity yet possesses the collective will to solve problems on this (apparent) scale. Managing ozone layer depletion was about our limit.
And you're right to broaden the topic, and highlight all the species being destroyed. Ultimately, we'll bag the big one: our own.
Still, mustn't grumble.
On the positive side, the earth will probably survive for another 4-5 billion years after we're gone, with or without new species evolving to our level of intelligence.
Actually, that may not be such a good thing after all...