Quote 2

“While human-induced global warming is not going to turn present-day Earth into present-day Mars, global warming is dire enough that our most distinguished scientists recently concluded that as many as 1 million species on the planet could be extinct by 2050 if affairs do not change.”

Jay Inslee

I like this quote because I like how he said “…global warming is not going to turn present-day Earth into present-day Mars…”.  I like it because you can tell that the purpose of the quote is not to claim that the Earth is going to turn into a scenario like mars, because a lot of people do think that.  However, once the reader accepts that fact, he then goes on to say “…as many as 1 million species on the planet could be extinct by 2050…”, which to me says Earth isn’t going to become a flaming ball because of human induced actions, but 1 million species will be extinct, and that is just the beginning.  I think the quote helps clarify some peoples understanding about global warming.  Also, 2050 is not that far away, speaking in terms of science, and many more species are going to continue becoming extinct after 2050.  We really are just digging ourselves into a huge hole, and by the time a majority of Earth’s population realizes it, the Earth is going to be scarce on many natural resources, many species are going to be extinct, and it is just going to be too late.  I also like this quote a lot because I think it is a good saying to help open peoples’ eyes about the matter at hand.  If people continue at the rate we are today, by 2050 1 million species are going to be extinct.  Well what about by 2100, that’s even scarier.  It will probably be more like 2 million extinct species, or possibly even more.