Civilization in its present form hasn't got long.

Only nuclear power can now halt global warming.

Science always uses metaphor.

I don't think we're yet evolved to the point where we're clever enough to handle a complex a situation as climate change. The inertia of humans is so huge that you can't really do anything meaningful.

For each of our actions there are only consequences.

It just so happens that the green religion is now taking over from the Christian religion. I don't think people have noticed that, but it's got all the sort of terms that religions use. The greens use guilt. That just shows how religious greens are. You can't win people round by saying they are guilty for putting (carbon dioxide) in the air.

Nature favors those organisms which leave the environment in better shape for their progeny to survive.