So do the dying bees, the bats dropping from white-nose fungi, the frogs with deformities, the fish with lesions, the polar bears watching the ice recede, the shellfish having acidifed seawater dissolve their shells, the forests being strip-mined with no replanting...

Which would you rather see go extinct?
Big3: GM, Ford, Chrysler
BIG3: bees,bats,birds

not aimed at Elwoodelmore, just a general comment.

Totoneila:

And not to overlook our own species: the dying masses in the giant slums of the world, the detritus of an "expanding" economy that grows the market class and rejects and marginalizes everything and everyone else.

A couple of days ago I was upbraided for my "tedious" comments. I will continue to make them until I perceive a growth in justice while we try to expand our economy.

Of course, I would use the word "tendentious", not tedious.

sobering reality imho, for the earth to live in any way shape or form similar to what it has built up from the last major extinction event, most of us will have to die. yet we are all biologically programed to live and to fight to live.

step up everyone, take your seats! for the greatest show on earth you will ever see!