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nerak (OP) User ID: 133878 United States 08/23/2006 02:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | du and genetic engineering will destroy the food supply before warming has a chance to do it Quoting: Anonymous Coward 114312I don't know, but I have a bad feeling that climate change is happening so rapidly that within 3 to 5 years the world may not be able to keep up with current agricultural demand , much less expand it to keep up with growing populations. I do agree that engineered crops will make things worse not better. time flies in a linear mind |
Godot User ID: 105611 United States 08/23/2006 02:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thank you for your posting Nerak. It is an outrage that we have the ability and the technology to reduce current mercury emisions and posioning produced by coal burning powerplants, and yet we do nothing. When I think about the recent legislation to place tighter restrictions on polluters that was thrown aside in the name of convenience and minor economic advantages... it makes my blood boil. One day, these purveyors of death, the politicans that allowed this and these CEO's that could have stopped this slow poisoning, they will all be remembered as having commited the most horrific crimes against humanity in human history. Yes it's safe, it's very safe, it's so safe you wouldn't believe it.... ... No, it's not safe, it's very dangerous. Be Careful. |
Godot User ID: 105611 United States 08/23/2006 02:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A small question for those who care. Why are we allowing the destruction of natural wetlands? Wetlands are the most precious living resource that this country.... this planet has. Yes it's safe, it's very safe, it's so safe you wouldn't believe it.... ... No, it's not safe, it's very dangerous. Be Careful. |
nerak (OP) User ID: 133878 United States 08/23/2006 02:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A small question for those who care. Why are we allowing the destruction of natural wetlands? Quoting: GodotWetlands are the most precious living resource that this country.... this planet has. Thats a complacated question. I think the reason we 'allow' this is because its not even on most peoples radar. We have become so "busy" with day to day problems like having a home we can afford, 2 or 3 cars so everyone can work, and the things our kids 'need" that we just don't take the time to really really look at things like this as a 'problem". We have built ourselves a nice little universe and if the suppernova's don't directly affect our 'planet' we're just not going to worry, even if we know in the back of our mind that someday one may destroy our 'planet". I don't fault people for this, its an ingrained reaction. We deal with what we have to on a day to day basis and this has allow great advances in culture along with great problems. Now the fact is we have so many problems facing us that we might feel helpless to change all the things that have been creeping slowly to a head. time flies in a linear mind |
Godot User ID: 105611 United States 08/23/2006 02:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I hate to see a post sit without getting its deserved attention. With that in mind, I want to offer the attached link to the One Environmental Activist Organization that I currently support. Please check them out - [link to www.waterkeeper.org] Yes it's safe, it's very safe, it's so safe you wouldn't believe it.... ... No, it's not safe, it's very dangerous. Be Careful. |
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nerak (OP) User ID: 133878 United States 08/23/2006 03:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Everyone should quit having babies for a while, like about 20 years. That would solve a lot of problems. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 134030We need mandated sterilization for everyone over 20 years old now. If we keep poisoning ourselves at the present rate I think nature will give us a hand on the population control issues. time flies in a linear mind |
Godot User ID: 105611 United States 08/23/2006 03:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Now the fact is we have so many problems facing us that we might feel helpless to change all the things that have been creeping slowly to a head. Quoting: nerakYes, I see your point. Environmental activism is a leisure time pursuit for most of us. Even when we manage to get these issues onto the radar of the avarage voter, (for example, Gores recent film), it still seems many people just don't care. Another question for you? Do you think you could effectively reach and win the hearts of more people using mass media,(like with Gores film), or do you feel it would be more effective to get opinion leaders into the envionment in the hopes that they will learn and ergo, be able to make a difference and influence things at the grassroots level? Yes it's safe, it's very safe, it's so safe you wouldn't believe it.... ... No, it's not safe, it's very dangerous. Be Careful. |
nerak (OP) User ID: 133878 United States 08/23/2006 03:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | time flies in a linear mind |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 134895 United States 08/23/2006 05:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A small question for those who care. Why are we allowing the destruction of natural wetlands? Quoting: GodotWetlands are the most precious living resource that this country.... this planet has. A big question: If a agricultural producer (farmer) needed wetlands to supply you with food, would it still be precious as a wetland?? Get real, the whole state of Florida and the peninsula of Massachussettes along with te Mississippi Delta are wetlands and people insist on living there |
Godot User ID: 105611 United States 08/23/2006 06:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A small question for those who care. Why are we allowing the destruction of natural wetlands? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 134895Wetlands are the most precious living resource that this country.... this planet has. A big question: If a agricultural producer (farmer) needed wetlands to supply you with food, would it still be precious as a wetland?? Get real, the whole state of Florida and the peninsula of Massachussettes along with te Mississippi Delta are wetlands and people insist on living there Nothing unreal about the question at all. Although I must disagree with the point you made: in my experience, acre for acre, striclty from a nourishment standpoint, wetlands have provide me and my fathers with an abundance of life salient to sustanance, far beyond the abilty of a an agricultural producer to farm on a simular acre, and at no cost to me or the environment. (Assuming your a carnivor, trapper, hunter, fisherman or naturalist.) This is true of both fresh water and salt water marshes and the majority of coastal waters. This country does have an abundance of farmland, far, far more than it can use. This is why the Fed. subsidizes farmers and land owners not to grow crops. Could we not have the farmer plant in those areas that do not need to be drained or cleared of timber prior to planting. As to draining swamp land so that a developer can build on a wetland. The simple solution is to bulid in a sustainable nature, without draining wetlands. Its very easy to do... people did it for years before Pulte Homes came along. Do you see my point? Yes it's safe, it's very safe, it's so safe you wouldn't believe it.... ... No, it's not safe, it's very dangerous. Be Careful. |
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