". . .But there is still time to avert catastrophe,"?

[still.trucking]

Ocean Life Faces Mass Extinction, Broad Study Says

"But there is still time to avert catastrophe,"
Why does that strike me as funny, I mean ha ha funny. I suppose it is just my sick sense of humor.
or maybe it because the facts don't matter anymore

[Steve Plonk]

Still Trucking, Perhaps, it's because you might think it's too late to
do anything about the "mass extinction" problem.

In my view, the glass is still half full.
As long as there is life, there is hope...

[still.trucking]

You are probably right Steve or at least I hope so.
even so
it seems that . . .

"We prefer your extinction to the loss of our job."