Aackk! Our goal is to become the first species NOT to cause its own extinction due to poor houskeeping.
Look at biology, history, natural history, social history....
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Originally Posted by C1ay
OTOH, I think it is undoubtable that man is the primary cause, the only cause from my point of view, of massive global pollution and environmental damage. We only have one planet capable of supporting life as we know it and we all have to share. If we trash what we have we've nowhere else to go. So far massive exterminations have occurred as a result of asteroid impacts or volcanic acivity.
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Well, I certainly agree with that!
For years your points were my main focus as the central problem for mankind. However, I came to see, after looking at the climate records, that our "damaging" activities were equivalent to several volcanos--running constantly, for centuries.
...And our perpetuation of monocultures is equivalent to a succession of small meteor strikes across the land and sea.
The rapidity with which our climate can change modes is what frightens me the most, so that became my main focus.
Your survey of climate history and averages should look at the averages for the different modes, and not the collective average of several modes.
Also you should focus on the recent (5-10 Mya) history, where the current geography and global eco-cycle adds so much to climate forcings/attenuations.
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That the solution to moderating the climate is to clean up the environment and manage the global ecosystem like a well-oiled machine, is just a happy coincidence--right?
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p.s. ...another happy coincidence: That strategy also works to help with poverty, health, education, energy, and economic solutions.
