From: Durant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Your fatalistic misery built on an entropy misconception
>is not at all constructive; let's do ourselves in
>because the Earth is doomed in x million years.
>- see Ron Ebert's response in an other message.
It's not "x million" Eva, the scientific concensus is about 24.
In 1992, both the US National Academy of Sciences and the
Royal Society of London warned in a joint statement that science
and technology may NOT be able to save us:
"If current predictions of population growth prove accurate
and patterns of human activity on the planet remain
unchanged, science and technology may not be able to
prevent either irreversible degradation of the environment
or continued poverty for much of the world."
"The future of our planet is in the balance. Sustainable
development can be achieved, but only if irreversible
degradation of the environment can be halted in time.
The next 30 years may be crucial." [ http://dieoff.com/page7.htm ]
Never before in history had the two most prestigious
groups of scientists in the world issued a joint statement!
Now, six of these years are gone, and global devastation
is still increasing exponentially while giant trans-national
corporations relentlessly drive billions towards their deaths.
Either you believe scientists or you don't. I do.
Jay -- www.dieoff.com
