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I suspect before too long, old Earth will have to come get us if it wants us
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We're just creating another mass extinction event. The earth has seen multiple of those and it'll see more. We're not likely to. >

Except the greenhouse effect is exponential, Earth will likely end up like Venus; we'll effectively have destroyed the ecosystem beyond repair >

Earth has been here before us, it will be here Afterwards with humanity as a footnote to the list of things it survived with little effort >

Here? Sure. But the concept of "Earth" as a planet that sustains life will be gone. But yeah, the third rock in orbit around Sol will still be there >

It will heal in time >

Exponential rise of the temperatures isn't exactly something that can be reversed in a closed system. Again, look at Venus >

Perhaps, not like we'll be here to know for sure. >

It's not as if actions do not have consequences; some things cannot be undone or magicked away. Humans have already done irreversible things to the planet and blindly assuming our guilt as a species will evaporate when we're gone is awfully optimistic >

I feel like it'll be a counter attack from Earth. We continue to hurt it so much that finally she's just like, alright here's 40 days and 40 nights of rain. And then watch all the Jesus freaks come out and say, see Noah's ark was real, and then they drown and I laugh while on a roof and then I drown, then the Earth laughs.
Well that story took a turn. >

Humans can't destroy the Earth. The Earth will be fine.
We are at risk, however, to make the Earth uninhabitable for ourselves. >

“Earth Abides” >

It’s more of us pushing the Earth to a point where it’ll kill us >

Us humans think we have so much control. But we don’t. The earth and universe does what it wants. >

In the end the sun will destroy the Earth. Either way the Earth will be gone. >

Humans will destroy humans. Earth will be fine. Just different >

There's no chance we'll destroy the earth. We'll just destroy the earth's ability to keep us alive. >

“We all”?? So just because you think it, that must mean everyone thinks it??