Greta Thunberg's congressional appearance amounted to telling congress to listen to the scientists. That's like telling a functional idiot to listen to his math teacher, or a hyped junkie to listen to his counselor.
Can't really blame her, though. You could've shown them this and they'd be on the phone with a lobbyist long before finishing it -
► 50% of animals gone since 1970
► 99% of Rhinos gone since 1914.
► 97% of Tigers gone since 1914.
► 90% of Lions gone since 1993.
► 90% of Sea Turtles gone since 1980.
► 90% of Monarch Butterflies gone since 1995.
► 90% of Big Ocean Fish gone since 1950.
► 80% of Antarctic Krill gone since 1975.
► 80% of Western Gorillas gone since 1955.
► 60% of Forest Elephants gone since 1970.
► 50% of Great Barrier Reef gone since 1985.
► 50% of Human Sperm Counts gone since 1950.
► 80% of Western Gorillas gone since 1955.
► 50% of Forest Bird Species will be gone in 50 years.
► 40% of Giraffes gone since 2000.
► 40% of ocean phytoplankton gone since 1950.
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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/phytoplankton-population/
► Ocean plankton declines of 1% per year means 50% gone in 70 years, declines of more than 1%/yr are likely.
► Ocean plastic is killing bacteria that make 10% of our oxygen.
► Ocean acidification doubles by 2050, explodes by 2100.
► 30% of Marine Birds gone since 1995.
► 70% of Marine Birds gone since 1950.
► 28% of Land Animals gone since 1970.
► 28% of All Marine Animals gone since 1970.
► If you are 15 years old, emissions went up 30% in your lifetime.
► If you are 30 years old, emissions went up 60% in your lifetime.
► After 30 years trying, solar and wind are < 3% of total world energy use.
► Solar panels produce 90% of power rating 15% of time
► Wind turbines produce 90% of power rating 25% of time.
► Claire Fyson said emissions must go down 50% in 10 yrs to avoid 1.5° C.
► The Insurance Journal said they must go down 50% in 10 yrs to avoid 3.0° C.
► Stefan Rahmstorf said emissions must go down 100% in 20 yrs to avoid 2.0° C.
► Hans Schellnhuber said 5 of 13 major hothouse tipping points start below 2.0° C.
► When these 5 points are triggered, they trigger the other 8.
► This results in runaway hothouse, which can't be stopped or reversed once started.
► But we are also headed for runaway mass extinction, which can't be stopped or reversed once started.
► 10,000 years ago humans and livestock were 0.03% of land vertebrate biomass.
► Today humans and livestock are 98% of land vertebrate biomass.
► Human/livestock food production caused 80% of land vertebrate species extinctions.
► Petrochemical use grows 7X faster than human population.
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