And speaking of "apocalyptic events", the Amazon rain forest is burning:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/23/amazon-fires-global-leaders-urged-divert-brazil-suicide-path
As you may recall, the rain forests in Borneo burned in 2012:
https://orangutan.org/up-in-smoke-facts-and-frenzy-about-borneo-forest-fires/
At the time, it was estimated they contained more than 10% of all the plant, animal, and bird species in the world:
https://www.ran.org/indonesia_s_rainforests_biodiversity_and_endangered_species/
I don't particularly like Emmanuel Macron, but he does have a point - we are literally burning up our house. If we do not stop, we shall surely perish.
On the other hand, do we really think Bernie Sanders' plan will save us? You can read about it here:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bernie-sanders-unveils-163-trillion-plan-to-avert-a-climate-catastrophe/2019/08/22/f0b7e572-c4cc-11e9-b72f-b31dfaa77212_story.html
As Ringo Starr once remarked, "everything government touches turns to crap". Turning the control of our future over to the US government sounds suicidal to me.
What do you think?
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