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by formvoltron 1577 days ago
The planet will die, but at least we have these nice plants and these coins.
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Hate to be picky.

But the planet is going to be just fine, for a very long time.

Unless global warming triggers a nuclear war, humans as a species are also going to be fine.

At this point we are like cockroaches. We ain't going anyhwere anytime soon. Parts of our economy might and overall we might regress somewhat, but humans won't die off.
The planet is a massive ball of iron. A nuclear war won't do anything of significance to it. The biosphere, on the other hand...