Within the lifetimes of today's children, scientists say, the climate could reach a state unknown in civilization.
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What more is there to say? The way in which we have lived our lives has destroyed the environment in which we thrived. Now the children will suffer the consequences. This is the consequence of industrialization and consumerism, capitalism and communism, and the What more is there to say? The way in which we have lived our lives has destroyed the environment in which we thrived. Now the children will suffer the consequences. This is the consequence of industrialization and consumerism, capitalism and communism, and the unrestrained appetite for profit and power all combined. The perfect toxic mix! All for the lack of midfullness.