“The majority of the burning has come since the premiere of Seinfeld. Since the end of World War II, the figure is about 85 percent. The story of the industrial world’s kamikaze mission is the story of a single lifetime—the planet brought from seeming stability to the brink of catastrophe in the years between a baptism or bar mitzvah and a funeral.”

Wallace-Wells, David (2019-02-18T22:58:59). The Uninhabitable Earth . Crown/Archetype. Kindle Edition.