This author returns from an absence of nearly a year to summarize scientific data which show clearly that we, as a human species, are in a "dire" situation. Because of his his extended absence I thought that he had given up his long effort to warn humans of this threat. However, he seems at one point to hold out some hope for a future of humans if only we can reduce our birth rate.
By far the most effective way to reduce future emissions and resource consumption is to reduce human birth rates, yet the global population is still increasing at about 90 million people per year despite the geographic shift in fertility rates.This "effective way" is not effective at all which he readily admits. I am not a scientist, but I can read, and have read many scientific articles on the subject. I now think there is very little chance that humans can survive. Our atmosphere has become so loaded with carbon that there is a baked-in effect that will increase global warming for many decades even if we stopped completely all carbon emitting now. But I don't know that, and nobody knows that for sure.
Hence, in the meantime we must use the most effective means to combat this threat by ending the rule of a tiny segment of humans and their system which has caused so much devastation--and not only wrecking our biosphere. We have seen disastrous global wars in the 20th century followed by endless wars so far in the 21st century. We have also seen entire populations uprooted and migrating to other areas of the globe to escape such disasters. We have also seen the growth of concentrated wealth in the hands of fewer and fewer people who use this wealth to increase their power over our lives. The obvious solution is to rid ourselves of their system of capitalism!
