"paulus" wrote in message
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"Will Hand" wrote in message
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Nobody likes to be told what to do - full stop, which is why CO2 emissions
will
continue to rise unless and until something mega catastrophic is on the
immediate horizon. That's just the way it is :-(

Will
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Modern man has never experienced a catastrophe of global proportions. One
will come along soon enough and it won't be anything to do with the level of
CO2 in the atmosphere.


Any idea what?

Besides if CO2 was so toxic we'd do something about the destruction of the
rain forests. I wonder what proportion of the increase in atmospheric CO2 in
the last 100 years can be attributed to deforestation activity??


I heard a figure the other day of circa 25%. Apparently deforestation is a major
contributor. To me it is not the CO2 increase that is so sad, it is the removal
of animal's homes.

It is so very easy to get carried away with our cosey cosseted lifestyle, we
are completely isolated from the reality of our irrelevance in the grand
scheme of things.

I'm sure I said this before and I'm sure it is very unpalatable to most
people, but, whether it is self inflicted or apparently undeserved, it will
take a catastrophe to rid the world of this human infestation.


I don't see us as an infestation, I see us as part of this planet's evolution.

Go outside on a clear dark night. Look up at the stars and ask your self
"will we really be missed?"


Missed by whom or what?

We are a part of the Universe and I am sure we have a valued place in the great
scheme of things. I look up at the stars and I feel a sense of belonging as well
as awe.

Will
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