[geo] Re: Boston Globe-- Very Interesting anti-Gaia perspective of Earth

2009-01-16 Thread dsw_s
n. > > john Gorman > >   - Original Message - >   From: John Nissen >   To: andrew.lock...@gmail.com ; dbonne...@ra.ccomptes.fr >   Cc: geoengineering ; Peter Read ; brian.laun...@manchester.ac.uk >   Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 11:15 PM >   Subject: [geo] Re:

[geo] Re: Boston Globe-- Very Interesting anti-Gaia perspective of Earth

2009-01-15 Thread Andrew Lockley
rs, > > Denis Bonnelle. > > -Message d'origine- > De : geoengineering@googlegroups.com [mailto:geoengineer...@googlegroups.com] > De la part de John Nissen > Envoyé : mercredi 14 janvier 2009 18:08 > À : wig...@ucar.edu; bst...@elementmarkets.com > Cc : geoeng

[geo] Re: Boston Globe-- Very Interesting anti-Gaia perspective of Earth

2009-01-15 Thread Bonnelle Denis
ementmarkets.com Cc : geoengineering; Peter Read; brian.laun...@manchester.ac.uk; Martin J Rees Objet : [geo] Re: Boston Globe-- Very Interesting anti-Gaia perspective of Earth Dear all, I think this kind of life-force thinking runs very deep, and prevents us acting appropriately. Just about the whole e

[geo] Re: Boston Globe-- Very Interesting anti-Gaia perspective of Earth

2009-01-14 Thread John Nissen
artin Rees's book "Just six numbers", and the multiverse idea. [5] See Sir Martin Rees's book "Our final century". - Original Message - From: To: Cc: "geoengineering" Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 6:43 PM Subject: [geo] Re: Boston Globe-- Very Int

[geo] Re: Boston Globe-- Very Interesting anti-Gaia perspective of Earth

2009-01-13 Thread wigley
Dear all, One should hold judgment until seeing the book, but the Medea idea seems at odds with the fact that we are still here. What has happened is that the planet has got close to disaster, but negative feedbacks have eventually kicked in. The evidence of "our" current existence (a planet with

[geo] Re: Boston Globe-- Very Interesting anti-Gaia perspective of Earth

2009-01-13 Thread Bruce Stram
I casually made a similar point a year or two ago at Erice. It drove lots of people crazy. On could also add to Ward's point that the universe is not our friend and without our intervention will destroy us with meteors and other nefarious devices. -Original Message- From: geoengineering