Comments on: McPherson, Guy Ph.D. — Near Term Human Extinction Part Two

By: godfrey

godfrey — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 20:03:13 +0000

Thank you for interviewing Guy so courteously and facilitating him conveying the information clearly. This was certainly disturbing to listen to and factually based. I am glad to know the highly probable outcomes for our life support systems and am adjusting my life accordingly. Thank you again

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 20:40:53 +0000

As I’ve been living with this new perception for a while, I find myself dreading, not my own death, but rapid deterioration of society–the laws, government and social rules that keep us safe are all based in the belief that there is a future. Without a future for the human race, I imagine we will be living in a world like Lord of the Flies — chaos and all the worst that the human being can be. I don’t think I want to be there.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 21:46:08 +0000

Wow! Those few of us who heard this are walking around with a far more immediate sense of imminent death than I, personally, have had up to now.

No, Bill, he didn’t mean “culmination”. He did mean “termination”. He makes it clear that he sees this as so improbable as to be impossible, practically speaking.

If it were possible, it would produce those rapid warming effects he describes. Since it isn’t possible, we are experiencing all the dire effects he describes — and we’ll wind up just as we shall as a result of civilization’s heating effects. He doesn’t mention any way of preventing the sudden buildup of abruptly ceasing the current pumping of particulate matter that currently acts like “an umbrella”. He doesn’t because there isn’t any.

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 00:17:02 +0000

Barry, Thank you for having the courage and fortitude to bring this material to the radio audience. I’ve been moved and grief-stricken as I listen — and read the book. And lonely, as I try to digest the message. Not many people I know would be interested in hearing about this horror, let alone discussing it.
If there is a group or some individuals wanting to share the process of digesting this material, I would appreciate hearing about them.

By: Karina

Karina — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 04:02:49 +0000

OMG, Barry… that was indeed very scary and disturbing! It was also the best simple explanation of what drives climate change and why 1ºC is such a big deal that I have ever heard.

Lots of food for thought… I do agree with him, tho, that living as tho we don’t have much time left and being fully present to each day and each moment is the best way to live, no matter how long you have.

About 72,000 years ago, a super volcano erupted in Indonesia and geneticists think most humans died off, leaving perhaps only a few hundred or a few thousand related humans left – a major reason there is not more genetic diversity. Maybe some of us will survive after all… will they have learned anything?

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 01:06:13 +0000

at 8:15: “Termination of the heat engine known as the global civilization” Termination is the wrong word (the end of) it doesn’t make sense. He must have meant “Culmination”.