We are toast. It is only a matter of time and details. We--the human species--have sown the seeds of our own environmental destruction. Whether it is global warming and the resulting climatical changes, running out of oil/energy, or running out of potable water, it is just a matter of 100, 50, 20 years. The Earth will survive, and many species, including perhaps a few remnants of the human species will survive. But the planet will require tens of thousands of years, and maybe more to cleanse itself of the damage we have done.

Although much action by the US, the leading criminal in this process is unlikely given the two leading candidates for President and the entrenched habits of most of her citizens, even dramatic action would not undoe all that has happened up to now, and that is probably sufficient to cause at least some of the very scary scenarios that are suggested. Hope I get to watch some of it before it swallows me up. "The Day After Tomorrow" undoubtedly played fast and loose with science. But La Nina, the ozone hole, and other climatic changes are not fiction.

I'm going to spend more time with my guitar, read more, and work on eating more vegetables.