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2naSalit

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6. I think...

Reply to CrispyQ (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 18, 2023, 12:27 AM

Oct 2023

2050 is overly generous. I think the wars and people and their countries are doing much if anything to change behavior. Seems like a few adjustments should be made about the timeline like several years shaved off foe each year of war like the one in Ukraine.

Probably more like 2035 at best. After that, we're toast if not sooner.

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