THAT WHICH DOESN'T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER.
Bull. Reality is, it will usually hurt like hell and leave you with a permanent limp.
Beyond a doubt it is - it most likely was before we even fully realized there was a problem. Under any circumstances, conservative Americans will refuse to act unless it is their house actually being flooded. Third world nations will have to educated to the problems and solutions before they will begin to react; meaning, they aren't going to. In short, I give humanity another 100 to 150 years before our tickets are all punched.