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The sea is fine, the land is fine. The planet is fine as well.

Think of many extinction events this planet had previously. Up to 90% of life died.

However, humanity needs to pay more respect to the habitats of the native species. But for a few dollars people easily looks the other way, unfortunately.




The planet is fine. The eco-system upon which we all ultimately depend is most definitely is not fine.


Eco systems are feeling worse, true. But we are not really depend on most of them.

We'll be fine without corals, polar bears and with half rainforests.

Harsh weather events are coming, but we will be fine.


We'd also be 'fine' as in 'surviving' without music and other arts and any other creative/emotionally uplifting/mentally challenging thing. Which happens to be something actively sought-after by humanity.


I’m sure you’ll be even finer than the today’s ghanaian living in the world dump.

Forestwise:

> Since the end of the last ice age — 10,000 years ago — the world has lost one-third of its forests [0]

> Half of the global forest loss occurred between 8,000 BCE and 1900; the other half was lost in the last century alone. [0]

Good news: rich countries forest are in growing again in a U curve. Bad news: those countries also imports more wood than ever.

Coral polypes are habitats for many other species that some humans depends.

0 https://ourworldindata.org/deforestation


We will be fine, for some definition of fine. I just don't think that definition aligns with what most people think of as being "fine."




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