The Vostok ice core data, from which Atm. temperature and CO2 content have been extracted, suggests that at least for the last half million years climate change has been a natural occurrence, apparently based on fluctuations on earth-incident solar radiance. That is except for the last 10,000 years, when the climate has been relatively stable. My fear is that this relative stability will come to an end and we may return to the temperature fluctuations that typified the ice ages.
On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 10:51 PM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > I had a look but it wasn't easy reading, and I don't have too much time, > so, do you have precis, preferably a bit clearer than the one you gave > before (with "everything" in "quotes" )? > > > On 11 February 2014 16:41, Hal Ruhl <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Monday, February 10, 2014 9:57:56 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: >>> >>> >>>> >>>> I still don't think we should be killing off all the species we are, if >>> only for our own sake. I think we benefit from biodiversity, probably even >>> more so than the next species since we have occupied almost every niche on >>> the planet apart from deep sea smokers. >>> >>> I also don't like the suggestion that ecocide is a "natural and >>> unavoidable aspect of life" because that appears to be an attempt at >>> justifying ourselves. >>> >>> I doubt if the species that came through the k-t boundary with some >>> members alive had an easy time of it for the next few million years, and I >>> don't particularly want the same for our children. >>> >>> >> Hi Liz: >> >> The argument I present is based in the laws of physics as we know them in >> our universe and resulting information flows. >> >> The laws of physics make no kind of judgment as to the nature of the >> emotional consequences of actions that result from them other than are the >> resulting emotions a correct result of the physics in play. >> >> My position is that the emotions anti ecocide will never come even close >> to outweighing the emotions pro the process that leads to the ecocide. >> >> However I do make allowance for such a possibility. >> >> See the material I pointed to: >> http://arobustfuturehistory.wordpress.com/ >> >> Hal Ruhl >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
