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Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald
I also have a problem with the defeatest BS about "there is nothing we can do" so we might as well not even bother. We have the ability to do so much as a species. We did enough to get us into this mess, we should at least try to get us out of it. Science has done some pretty amazing things, and there are some excellent technologies out there that are actually working in reversing some of the impacts. We should not give up, we should continue to push forward and find better ways of doing things and trying to reverse the effects we have had on the planet. If we can clean up Love Canal and Lake Erie, we can certainly halt the damage we are doing to the atmosphere and reverse those effects.
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Is their any peer viewed documentations backing up the fact that if just stopped burning fossil fuels today, that the glaciers will stop melting and return to their former glorious form? Ecosystems that may or may not have been damaged by climate change will spring back to life again? Seriously i am interested and who better to ask.
Science has done some amazing things....but it as also cried wolf plenty of times
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Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald
That is a distinct possibility. Unlikely, but possible. We will likely have to move to a different fuel source as oil reserves will likely be completely exhausted unless managed better. The biggest channlenge will be getting to tat point 100 years from now. If things continue to degrade as they are, and the biosphere continues to suffer, we may see massive failures to our food sources, increases in diseases, and wars over the remaining resources. We could kill ourselves off before we get to that point 100 years in the future.
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Ya I don't think so. But i agree fear is a great tool to motivate the normals
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Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald
Really? Doesn't sound that way. Anytime anyone has suggested that we do anything to the O&G sector you spaz out and attack them. Many solutions have been presented and you dismiss them all. Even when gived the spotlight to prove that you have even the slightest grasp on emerging technologies, and how they can be used, you duck the issue and hurl more insults toward those who are working on the problem and finding solutions.
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uh? I do? Again i have posted my feelings before...any comments on Hack&Lube post?
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Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald
You also say that the "green movement' is making massive dollars, which is unsubstantiated in any sort of way. We know that the O&G sector is making profits at levels never dreamed of in the past, and its well documented, but I haven't seen the "green movement" posting record profits. Heck, maybe you can point out who that "green movement" is, which companies are involved, and point ot their profit statements. I would like to know who these companes are so I can get a chunk of them and invest in our future!
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of course not, well educated on everything that supports your arguments, in the dark about anything that doesn't.
Meanwhile i am going to buy up land in the north - you invest in your "green technologies"