# The Next 20 Years of Life on Earth: Runaway Global Heating.

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**Created:** [January 4, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-20-years-of-life-on-earth-runaway-global-heating/523675 "2010-01-04T21:33:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-20-years-of-life-on-earth-runaway-global-heating/523675/128 "2010-01-08T04:28:17Z")

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Or we could just build a bunch of nuclear reactors and live nicely. But that would be too easy a solution for the big cause to save the planet.

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