Valid points. And those logistical problems can lead to wars.
One thing that worries me is that we, in our search for alternative fuels, use agricultural land to produce fuel instead of food. Poverty can be dangerous. Not only for the less fortunate. Speaking of food. Enough of this depressing debate. My pinnekjøtt is shouting for me. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jostein Øksne Sent: 24. desember 2006 11:35 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Doomsday is coming upon us? IMVHO, Tim: Even if the climatologists' worst-case scenarios comes to be, the planet doesn't go beyond supporting human existence. I have more worries about what humans can do to other humans in the wake of the climate change. When the location of land suitable for agriculture has shifted, and a significant part of "advanced" society's infrastructure is submerged in the big salty, humans will face a logistical problem, but not extinction. Jostein On 12/24/06, Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think you are both right Jostein and John. Mother earth as the planet will > most likely survive. But that won't do us any god. If we let all the > Cottmobiles loose (God forbid letting the man himself loose) she will > change. > There are a lot of signs that she is changing right now. Into something > beyond our existence. > > Merry Christmas ;-) > > > Tim > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John > Francis > Sent: 23. desember 2006 21:54 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Doomsday is coming upon us? > > On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 09:06:33PM +0100, Jostein ?ksne wrote: > > I share your worries, Tim, but not the reasoning. :-) > > Mother earth will do well even with all the crap we can throw at her. > > With possible exception of a massive nuclear war, she has taken worse > > blows before and just brought new life forms into existence. > > I think you underestimate mother nature. The entire earth stockpile > of nuclear weapons looks insignificant when compared to the energy > in the storms of a major hurricane season. And the secondary effects > (dust in the atmosphere, etc.) pale besides the contributions of a > massive volcanic eruption. > > Then, of course, there's a massive meteor strike like the one that > is currently believed to have hastened the end of the dinosaurs; > that's thousands of times more devastating than anything we can do. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
