Original Message: ----------------- From: Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:44:49 +1000 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: culling the species
On 30/04/2008, at 6:39 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > OK, let's look at an area with >2x the average population density of > the > world: Western Europe. Where's the environmental catastrophy there? >Acid rain? >The extinction of almost all large carnivores? We've had acid rain in the US, but we've been luckey enough to still have a number of rather large carnivores in the US (wolves are making a nice comeback in Minn.). I agree that's bad stuff. It was sad when I went on a "class 4 rapids" in Switzerland, and saw that beyond a few trees it was all very civilized. Very different from back home where there are still vast stretches of wilderness. But, I think we have a bit of a semantic difference here. When I think catastrophy, I guess I'm thinking of failures of civilization type stuff, not stuff of the magnitude you mentioned. When the four horsemen are mentioned, I think of something more than acid rain. I think of fall of civilization and humanity being reduced to a fraction of its former magnitude. Whatever negative things I might think about Europe, I think it's a bit much to argue that civilization is in ruins there. :-) Dan M. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
