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alwaysinasnit

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8. Sen. Whitehouse is our modern-day Cassandra.

Sun Sep 21, 2025, 07:22 PM

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra

Cassandra or Kassandra (/kəˈsændrə/;[2] Ancient Greek: Κασσάνδρα, pronounced [kas:ándra], sometimes referred to as Alexandra; Ἀλεξάνδρα

[3] in Greek mythology was a Trojan priestess dedicated to the god Apollo and fated by him to utter true prophecies but never to be believed. In modern usage her name is employed as a rhetorical device to indicate a person whose accurate prophecies, generally of impending disaster, are not believed.

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Senator Whitehouse: "It May Be Too Late" [View all] Brenda Sunday OP

It's already too late. The politicians and corporations know that Autumn Sunday #1

A Big Change is Coming MrWowWow Sunday #2

Love Neil Young but I don't like the AI crap Brenda Sunday #4

That video seemed a mockery - perhaps intentionally detrimental to the reality. erronis Sunday #11

It is too late. Xolodno Sunday #3

The linked article does discuss that. Brenda Sunday #5

Not just flood zones... Xolodno Sunday #7

... not just flood zones. Look at Appalachia (North Carolina) and Helene erronis Sunday #12

Absolutely! Brenda Sunday #14

Historically, insurance has been based on the concept of universal risk pools. sop Yesterday #55

Sheldon Whitehouse - when he speaks, I listen. yellow dahlia Sunday #6

Sen. Whitehouse is our modern-day Cassandra. alwaysinasnit Sunday #8

If it is, in fact, too late (and I agree that it is) then that needs to be seen as a start to a serious conversation... 0rganism Sunday #9

Yes. Just like what Greta Thunberg and a lot of other people Brenda Sunday #16

China produces about as much greenhouse gases as all the other industrialized nations combined Kaleva Yesterday #45

There are DUers who also haven't seen the light Duppers Yesterday #53

Global warming will only get worse JoseBalow Sunday #10

Yeah, I used to work with Lonnie Thompson, I know. nt Brenda Sunday #17

Yes, this is the scenario. But too late for what exactly? Stopping warming from going out of control? LymphocyteLover Sunday #28

It would take a world wide effort never before achieved Kaleva Yesterday #46

So, we just give up? Just burn fossil fuels until we turn into Venus? LymphocyteLover Yesterday #50

I'm not giving up. I'm working on surviving what is coming Kaleva Yesterday #58

I think it was too late in 1950 Polybius Sunday #13

Can't yet decide if you're a comedian or something else. Brenda Sunday #19

The Industrial Age happened, and fossil fuels burned for 200+ years before we even vaguely attempted to reduce it Polybius Sunday #31

The US has been reducing the amount of greenhouse gases it has been emitting Kaleva Yesterday #47

Not really Cirsium Sunday #24

My opinion Timewas Sunday #15

too late for what exactly? LymphocyteLover Sunday #27

To stop Timewas Yesterday #42

And we won't see people here willing to back to 60 amp service panels Kaleva Yesterday #48

Probably not Timewas Yesterday #57

They don't HAVE to be in power though. New leadership is possible that cares about this. LymphocyteLover Yesterday #51

We were warned long ago, we knew what to do but moniss Sunday #18

Al Gore's truth was both true and too inconvenient to accept n/t DFW Sunday #33

And Al Gore won the Nobel Prize for saying it Captain Zero Yesterday #40

And mass starvation 2na fisherman Sunday #20

Well said Brenda Sunday #23

And even here on DU❗🤬 Duppers Yesterday #54

Indeed. markodochartaigh Sunday #29

We're toast. It was a great planet at the right time, but short term self interest has doomed us. surfered Sunday #21

No "maybe" about it. ananda Sunday #22

Yes Kaleva Sunday #35

I was 15 for Earth Day 1 BidenRocks Sunday #25

Too late for what exactly? It's not all or nothing. It's not too late to stop warming that will LymphocyteLover Sunday #26

On the other hand, markodochartaigh Sunday #30

Sociatal collapse across most of the planet NickB79 Sunday #32

It's also harmful to say it's not too late, that there's still a chance Kaleva Sunday #37

It's all about water DFW Sunday #34

No water I_UndergroundPanther Sunday #36

They will find out too late DFW Yesterday #43

Lack of fresh water is an existential threat 2na fisherman Yesterday #39

I heard from some Israelis about desalinization DFW Yesterday #44

Bookmarking liberalla Yesterday #38

I've said for years. Insurance Companies will know. Captain Zero Yesterday #41

It has been obvious for years that Morbius Yesterday #49

It's not too late for governments to do all they can to try to slow warming through mass tree planting and the Doodley Yesterday #52

I believe every problem created by humans may be solved by humans Torchlight Yesterday #56