Environment & Energy
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(8,175 posts)The truth hurts.
Hiraeth
(4,805 posts)liberalnarb
(4,532 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)I sure hope I'm dead before that happens!
MisterP
(23,730 posts)foot house if you elect me" has worn out entirely
Will any humans survive, ultimately, if we fail to act? That seems rather optimistic.
dumbcat
(2,120 posts)If the planet was destroyed, where are they sitting?
And no, just saying that it is trying to make a point doesn't make it any less stupid. There are ways to make the point without being absurd.
pscot
(21,024 posts)you're living in the wrong era.
OKIsItJustMe
(19,938 posts)It is virtually impossible for us to destroy the hunk of rock were sitting on. But, in a very real sense, the planet is so much more.
This image depicts a destroyed planet. (Not that this scenario is likely under climate change.)
Consult a dictionary.
[font size=4]transitive verb[/font]
[font size=3]1 : to ruin the structure, organic existence, or condition of <destroyed the files>; also : to ruin as if by tearing to shreds <their reputation was destroyed>
2 a : to put out of existence : kill <destroy an injured horse>
b : neutralize <the moon destroys the light of the stars>
c : annihilate, vanquish <armies had been crippled but not destroyed W. L. Shirer> [/font][/font]
dumbcat
(2,120 posts)nt
OKIsItJustMe
(19,938 posts)to ruin the structure, organic existence, or condition of
If I were to say, he destroyed his liver with his drinking does that mean he physically no longer has a liver in his body?