WEBVTT - Rush Limbaugh Mar 15, 2021

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<v Speaker 1>Well, a new study is out about another man made crisis.

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<v Speaker 1>This time the threat is mass extinction. Yeah. Handful of

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<v Speaker 1>scientists say that humans have damaged the Earth's ecosystem so

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<v Speaker 1>horribly that we are headed for the biggest mass extension

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<v Speaker 1>since the dinosaurs were wiped out sixty six million years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>These scientists claim two species vanished every year, over two

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<v Speaker 1>hundred in the last century. Of the seventy seven species

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<v Speaker 1>of mammals have experienced a serious drop in population now.

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<v Speaker 1>Co author of the study is the disgraced Stanford professor

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<v Speaker 1>Paul Erlick. He says the asteroid that hit Earth wiping

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<v Speaker 1>out the dinosaurs was not making a choice, but the

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<v Speaker 1>coming mass extinction is the result of human choice over

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<v Speaker 1>population over consumption by the rich. Erlick complains that wildlife

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<v Speaker 1>habitats have been plowed under and paved, replaced by buildings

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<v Speaker 1>and strip malls. Of course Amazon is going to fix that.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, this crisis come with a deadline. The study

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<v Speaker 1>gives us only two or three decades to straighten the

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<v Speaker 1>problem out, or else we're done. Mass extension will be

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<v Speaker 1>so far gone we won't be able to recover. Let

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<v Speaker 1>me turn back the hands of time ninety eight. That's

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<v Speaker 1>what a young scientist named Paul Erlike wrote the population bomb.

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<v Speaker 1>He predicted the population would double and the Earth would

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<v Speaker 1>not have the resources to sustain it. So we wiped

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<v Speaker 1>out twenty years ago by starvation. Except there's more of

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<v Speaker 1>us here than ever populations doubled. Erlick is full of it.