Comments by "Django" (@django3422) on "“Mass extinction is already underway” - Peter Frankopan on how humans have shaped the earth" video.

It's not about population numbers, its about rate of resource consumption.
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No, its already started. We're not talking about a singular event.
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Did you know that the biggest extinction event in Earth's history was when the planet oxidised? Did you know that was caused by single cell amoebas absorbing carbon and outputting oxygen?
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@JamesSmith-qs4hx Broadly true, from a very basic perspective. "Control" is a little strong, it's more like an influence. But the tilt of the earth plays a much larger part. I'm not sure who controls me, that's a deep philisophical question. But it's pretty clear who pulls your strings.
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@thomasrobinson4401 Kinda sinks your assertion.
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Pretty clear misrepresentation there, since C02 levels are rising.
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@JamesSmith-qs4hx And everything to do with human industrial activity. The effects on weather is like a symptom.
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That sounds like a load of Bjorn Lomborg nonsense. Dr Edward Wilson debunked that rubbish back in 2001 and time has only proven him right. We're losing dozens per day now.
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@OldScientist If only you were asking in good faith...
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@OldScientist If that were true, you wouldn't be waiting on a random YouTube commenter to answer that. You'd be seeking out the same source I did. Which you can easily do since I gave you the name. There's other little oddities, like you suggesting an "undisclosed number of years". But I told you that Wilson debunked Lomborg in 2001 and that the years since have prove him right. So why do you try to so blatantly misrepresent what I said? No, these little inconsistencies between things you're saying, plus the fact that you began with long outdated BS from an economist tells me you're a know-nothing contrarian at best and a bad faith actor at worst.
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