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Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary
But increased tornadoes, hurricanes, forest fires and other new records in climate has and will cause more deaths. As many as those that died in WWII? I don't know, but it's still death, and that toll should be part of the total calculation for deaths and injuries caused by industry and there should be an open ear to alternatives that could possibly slow this thing down instead of just shrugging it off like lives don't matter.
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Agreed, and the calculation should include the tens of billions of people who existed due to fossil fuel exploitation and the ensuing massive increase in life expectancy.
Our extreme wealth compared to prior ages have allowed gluttony and sloth to take hold.