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Originally Posted by jimjamuser
I think that you are selling short the massive effects of fossil fuel. I imagine that if ZERO fossil fuel existed on planet Earth, we would have only 3 billion people instead of 8 billion. We would have to be using wind power and HUGE batteries to cross the oceans and air travel would be difficult (zeppelins anyone).
.......Note.......If we had only 3 billion people on Earth then the upper atmosphere would NOT have enough CO2 stuck there to refract HEAT and the Earth would NOT be warming rapidly. So, I would not have to BITCH about people buying electric cars. We could live with the stinky Infernal Combustion Engines.
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But we would still be better off without most of them.
For around 60 years I have kept to the belief that the root of
All of mankind's problems, and most of the Earth's, is, and would continue to be, over population. Every time a TV announcer would ask about someone's family and they would proudly announce they had more than two I would feel a bit of sadness that these were breeders. People polluters. The more they had, the greater the applause. The time for large families is long past, imo. Eight
Billion people crawling over this planet, polluting, sucking up the resources, destroying habitats and ensuring that the planet won't be able to regenerate itself. The proof is obvious for everyone to see. All the real science spotlights it. But many won't acknowledge it, even if, down deep, they know it is true. Arrogance, ego, and greed will likely end us, unless we fix it, fast. And it can be done.
I'm old, so it won't be me. I have no surviving children. So the question really is for you. Who would like to be the last person on a dieing planet? I hope it will be a man. The thought that it might be a pregnant woman breaks my heart.
Peace. ν ½νΉν Ύν»Ά