We have a rare intergenerational humor opportunity

You’ve heard the latest on the southern ice cap: “Scientists warn that a large part of Antarctica is melting and cannot be stopped.”

But the good news is that we have a 200 year grace period, sea levels could rise by four feet, but not before 2214.

And even then, according to the internet’s favorite astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson, it is not the end of civilization.

“In principal, we will survive it, it will just be a very different world,” said Tyson.

So he’s saying even if the politicians who think climate change is a crock turn out to be really, wrong, worst case — this will only be a problem for our great great great great great great grandchildren’s grandchildren, right? I hope?

“That’s not how it works. The water shifts back and forth daily because of tides, and monthly, to very high tide and very low tide,” he said. “And if you combine all of that, the first water that’s going to hit you is the water from a freak storm. That’s how you first learn that your coastline is changing.”

Well then – we should get busy right away. Here’s what I’m, thinking: You get a newspaper picture of that fractured Antarctic glacier, hold that in one hand, and then get a sign that says “Climate Change Is a Crock” and hold that in the other hand, and have someone snap a picture of you standing along the waterfront of a coastal city, seal the picture in a time capsule, and bury it on high ground.

Future generations in need of a good laugh will thank you. Maybe sooner than you think.