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Posts: 987
Feb 17 05 2:34 PM
Quote:So how do we solve this problem?
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Feb 17 05 3:35 PM
Some Guy
Quote:You need to lose this silly notion that man has some particular importance in earth's history and that we somehow have some moral obligation to prevent natural changes.
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Feb 17 05 4:01 PM
Astros Fan
Quote:But man has a particular importance in man's history. I know that we cannot *destroy* the Earth's environment. But we can damage it so badly that we destroy ourselves. That is where our moral obligation lies.
Quote:If humans did not exist, the Earth would be nothing more than just a big rock.
Quote:The real value on this planet are the people, and it behooves us to keep the planet in good enough shape for us to survive.
Feb 17 05 4:37 PM
Feb 17 05 4:58 PM
Quote:You only say that because you're a people. Termites think they are the real value. Mollusks think they are. And yes, I know those animals don't "think", but you get the point.
Quote:The history of man is a blip in time.
Feb 17 05 5:37 PM
Quote:So, we should just give up as a species because we are doomed anyway? Why accelerate the process with apathy?
Feb 17 05 5:38 PM
Quote:No, you don't get the point because THAT is the point.We are different because We Think.
Feb 17 05 5:41 PM
Quote:But don't get in the way of those who are still aspiring for something better and more lasting.
Feb 17 05 6:48 PM
Quote:No, we are not different. We've evolved differently, but we are no more important than any other species that ever lived.
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Feb 17 05 7:27 PM
Quote:I find this idea that we are somehow "killing" the planet to be self-aggrandizement to the point of absurdity.
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Feb 17 05 7:53 PM
Quote:I guess the world's ecosystem is in perfect balance?
Quote:Destruction of wetlands, rainforest and other ecosystems simply don't have any effect on the organisms that depend on it?
Quote: The rapid warming of the polar regions are a natural change and not accelerated?
Quote:I don't buy the fact that all this sudden change is natural.
Posts: 64
Feb 17 05 8:03 PM
Quote:We can't solve the problem. But we can curtail some of the activity that creates greenhouse gasses. It is primarily our responsibility - The U.S., since we are by far the largest emitters of greenhouse gasses.
Feb 17 05 8:16 PM
Quote:Really? I guess the world's ecosystem is in perfect balance?
Quote:Ask yourself if you are part of the solution, part of the problem or do you simply just don't care?
Quote:The rapid warming of the polar regions are a natural change and not accelerated?
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Feb 17 05 8:22 PM
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Feb 18 05 3:30 AM
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Feb 18 05 5:28 AM
BIGGIO-HOFer!
Feb 18 05 11:24 AM
Quote: Atheism is as much as a faith as fundamentalism. Both are belief systems to view the world. Not facts to be held as pillars of objectivity. Claiming there is no truth is just as silly as saying there is no false.
Feb 18 05 12:13 PM
Quote:Skip, just one question -- Who was taking and recording those temperatures way back in A.D. 200?
Feb 18 05 12:23 PM
Quote:Scientist can determine temperature changes and atmospheric conditions from the ice core samples taken at the polar regions.
Feb 18 05 12:29 PM
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