Not exact matches
«I think people's intuitions do just
really break down when they
're pushed to these limits because we've never dealt with entities that
are smarter than
humans on this
planet.»
Its exactly the reason why we
are in this position to begin with its the peoples fault and we
are the people, unless your not a
human you do nt fall into this
really large population
on this
planet called earth.
We already have about 7 billion
humans on the
planet and we
are really good at what we do.
How do we
really know there weren't previous civilizations
on our
planet that rose and fell long before
humans appeared?
No other
human beings on the
planet get to
really see the amazing changes
on such a large scale unless they
are working in an environment that practices a whole food plant based diet as there first line of medicine.
But I also think it
's vital for people to experience this wonderfully variegated Earth, and
human tapestry, to build an inner sense that we
're all
really neighbors
on a small
planet.
This guy from The New York Times, if he
really thinks that humanity
is destroying the
planet, humanity
is destroying the climate, that
human beings in their natural existence
are going to cause the extinction of life
on Earth — Andrew Revkin.
The fact of the matter
is,
is that
humans have not
been on Earth with the right tools (databases, digital mass manufactured thermometers and barometers with minuscule quality and material differences, and computers) long enough to
really make sound projections
on what the climate of this
planet is going to
be.
Impressive, too,
is the use of information technology to help us
humans really visualize what
is going
on around our
planet... and just as importantly — if not more so — what we must do to make sure we take care of our only home.
The fraction of that which we need to capture to supply
human needs
on this
planet is really tiny; the full 30 TW
is much less than 1 part in 1000.
What
really is essential
is that
human societies, all over the
planet, kick the habit of going
on fossil fuels.
You [and many more]
really think you've found the holy grail with this one don't you BilB, the rational to tax and command every
human for the original sin of living
on the
planet, especially all those neo fascist luddite racist sexist misogynist bodgy capitalists who do all those things and give you all that stuff only to expect payment for it when the government should take it and give them to you free; you can finally bring the commanding heights of the world's industry and agriculture and lifestyle under the infallible control of an inter government body and everyone who
is permitted will
be in his permitted place doing his permitted thing and all will
be as it should
be and the
planet will
be safe for the polar bears and the spirogyra.
Odd how so many here go
on about energy and CO2 when in fact our problem, as Tom «Do the Math»
really points out,
is the unsustainable nature of
human impact
on the
planets resources....
Looking at the broad picture, its
really fantastic that life even exists
on the
planet, and while
humans might feel like small gods wielding the power of fossil fuels, we
really are quite insignificant and vulnurable, like all living things
on this
planet.