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FurnaceFace · 09-26-2008, 01:13 PM

I have either watched the show Global is airing or one similar to it and it was very interested. They did a great deal of effects to make it look real. I'd recommend it.

ken0042 · 09-26-2008, 01:43 PM

^^ Yeah, on my Bell guide it had a "Originally Aired Date" of either April or January. I just discounted that as I often find it to be wrong.

someguy51 · 09-26-2008, 01:48 PM

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I have either watched the show Global is airing or one similar to it and it was very interested. They did a great deal of effects to make it look real. I'd recommend it.

Too bad its on Global...It would be nice to see that show in HD.

worth · 09-26-2008, 01:57 PM

I really don't like the idea that humans are "bad" and we should all feel guilty for living.

This seems to become more prevalant every day with global warming and the like. It seems like everything else should be allowed to live and flourish, but humans are a disease and we should stop making babies and stop using plastic and stop driving cars.

Forget that. We're the dominant species on this planet. It is our responsibility to take care of it as well, but these dooms days scenarios that the world would be better without us is extreme.

Ahem...that wasn't in response to anyone in this thread, just some feelings pent up I guess. Although these shows are interesting to watch, I will say that.

Lithium · 09-26-2008, 02:21 PM

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I really don't like the idea that humans are "bad" and we should all feel guilty for living.

This seems to become more prevalant every day with global warming and the like. It seems like everything else should be allowed to live and flourish, but humans are a disease and we should stop making babies and stop using plastic and stop driving cars.

Forget that. We're the dominant species on this planet. It is our responsibility to take care of it as well, but these dooms days scenarios that the world would be better without us is extreme.

Ahem...that wasn't in response to anyone in this thread, just some feelings pent up I guess. Although these shows are interesting to watch, I will say that.

Well we haven't exactly done anything beneficial to the planet since our existence.

Locke · 09-26-2008, 02:25 PM

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Well we haven't exactly done anything beneficial to the planet since our existence.

What would you consider beneficial? What does anyone consider beneficial? I've planted the odd tree here and there, isnt that beneficial? Am I now Captain Planet?

Lithium · 09-26-2008, 02:28 PM

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What would you consider beneficial? What does anyone consider beneficial? I've planted the odd tree here and there, isnt that beneficial? Am I now Captain Planet?

You can be the heart ring.

I don't mean as individuals, I mean as a general species we've done nothing but harm to Earth have we not?

Bend it like Bourgeois · 09-26-2008, 02:30 PM

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You can be the heart ring.

I don't mean as individuals, I mean as a general species we've done nothing but harm to Earth have we not?

What species has not?

burn_this_city · 09-26-2008, 02:33 PM

5.5 billion years - fotze's soiled underpants still blow aimlessly across the desolate landscape..

Lithium · 09-26-2008, 02:43 PM

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What species has not?

Plants.

I'm not some tree hugging hippie, just answering the question.

Locke · 09-26-2008, 02:45 PM

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Plants.

I'm not some tree hugging hippie, just answering the question.

I beg to differ.

Nothing else, thats all.

Lithium · 09-26-2008, 02:46 PM

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I beg to differ.

Nothing else, thats all.

I'll go start a forest fire right now.

Locke · 09-26-2008, 02:49 PM

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I'll go start a forest fire right now.

If you can, try and find a forest that David Suzuki is in, then have at 'er....

Lithium · 09-26-2008, 02:50 PM

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If you can, try and find a forest that David Suzuki is in, then have at 'er....

Forgot to look outside before I posted that.
There is no plant life in the foothills industrial park, you'll have to wait.

Devils'Advocate · 09-26-2008, 07:47 PM

Unless you have the ability to photosynthesize you are going to need to kill life to live. And even then, the best nutrients from the soil plants can get are from other dead plants. Some plants will rob soil of their nutrients, leaving them unable to support most life.

I think the primary issue is that humans are taking non-renewable resources and using them all up... and the renewable resources are being used quicker than they can renew. The idea of carbon offsets needs to be used everywhere else. As much as Native American ways are over-glorified such as in Dances with Wolves, one thing that definitely is true was their belief in giving something back.

One tiny, miniscule example I can think of off the top of my head is that, as a pet owner I throw out a lot of plastic bags. So to make up for that, I bought reusable grocery bags for relatives for Christmas. They are all using them and cutting down on plastic going to the landfill. I tried to offset a case where I know I am polluting and can't find a way around it by finding a way to cause a reduction elsewhere.

HOOT · 09-27-2008, 02:07 PM

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Too bad its on Global...It would be nice to see that show in HD.

I just watched it in HD on Global?

It was quite an interesting show, I love shows like this!

J pold · 09-27-2008, 03:13 PM

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If I'm going down I'm going to carpet bomb the hell out of this wretched place and take the Earth with me.

There shouldnt be an Earth without me...

On that note, who has the time to speculate about how long the earth will take to recover once all of the humans are gone? Is this seen as a practical and reasonable allocation of research resources? Why not speculate on how many jellybeans can be put in every jar on earth? Isnt that information just as useful?

Sure, ecological recovery stats have their uses, but isnt this taking it a little far? If it ever happened there'd be nobody around to care or even determine whether the initial estimate was anywhere close. They could say anything they wanted.

I propose a boycott....whos making signs?

Couldn't have said it better myself

All this information is totally useless