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My point was simply that, as one single
species on this little planet, and one that has been around for so little time
compared with many far more successful ones, it seems a bit arrogant of us to
assume that qualities of climate - good or bad - are determinable only from our
perspective rather than from that of the biomass as a whole! It could be
argued that, had we not evolved, the evolutionary process might have avoided a
big hiccup that we have caused. On the other hand, since we and our superior
brains (if not collective good sense) have mucked things up, I suppose we must
subscribe to the biological self-preservation ethic. This leaves us with the
need to guess/calculate/interpret exactly what the outcome will be. Does anyone
really know if 'global warming' will prove disastrous (to humans) or, by great
good fortune, delay the onset of the next glacial phase and allow us, as a
species, to make an even greater mess of things? Here's another fine mess
we've gotten us into . . . . .hu!
John Stanley
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