Michel, what is *your* take on this? *george*
On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 7:11 AM, Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: r kanth <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 1:30 AM > Subject: Fwd: From Rajani: The End of Evolution? > To: Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> > > > > *Doomsday?* > > May not be far away. > > Remember Barry Mcguire? > > His song was titled ‘Eve of Destruction’. > > Could be an anthem for us all, in these times. > > > > Let me explain. > > Turns out I am not the only gloom-sayer around. > > The really hard act here is Dr. Guy Mcpherson, Biologist and Concerned > Citizen(he’s all over *Youtube).* > > He is predicting an *early* , *abrupt*, extinction for us anthropic > beings ( I detest the term ‘ homo sapiens’: *Homo Baceolus *might be > more apt?). > > Here’s a digest. > > *Firstly,* our *Habitat.* > > Our species has been around for a bit. > > But 99% of all species are now extinct. > > Are we next? > > Yes, likely. > > In 1750 – the baseline year of Industrialisation - - planetary temp was at > 13.5 Celsius. > > The species has survived, Guy estimates, at no more than about 2 > Degrees above that, and that may be the highest that permits a real > habitat for humans. > > Today we are already 1.6 Degrees above the 1750 baseline. > > Close. > > *Second*, ‘*Civilisation’ *– his term, not mine – is a veritable *heat > engine.* > > Only way to turn off this heating is a total collapse of this’ > civilisation’ *tout a fait.* > > But , *Third,* such a collapse of this ‘civ’ brings about, in turn, yet > another crisis: *global dimming.* > > Industrial activity produces *particularates* that blanket the earth and > block sun’s rays this ‘cooling’ the earth ( by some 3 degrees). > > If we stop that engine then the planet heats up some more , maybe , by > another 4.5 Degrees. > > There goes our Habitat. > > *Fourth*, is what he calls the *Sixth (Mass) *Extinction: the > *ominicide* extant that is killing off as many as , perhaps, 200 species > *a day.* > > Their death presages ours. > > > > Plus, the steady melt of Arctic ice could release trapped methane in > abrupt fashion. > > All that could shoot Planetary temp up to 19 Degrees, *within a year or > two, at most:* > > *ergo,* crop failures, droughts, starvation, *et. al (*note, he sees the > ‘commencement ‘ of this scenario within but a year or so). > > Pop goes the weasel. > > > > Why aren’t the powers that *shouldn’t *be telling us? > > Fear, of mass panic. > > Even science journals are loth to print such radical ideas. > > > > > > So, what can be done? > > *Nothing,* says Guy, since it’s out of control already. > > We are doomed. > > *Instead, he asks us to remain calm, pursue excellence, and pursue love.* > > Whew. > > Tall order. > > I like the last, the second to last is but an old affectation, and the > first may be well beyond reach. > > > > I register only 2 informed objections – to his analysis - neither of > them minor. > > No, ‘Western Civ’ is not ‘civ’, by any stretch ( I have explained this in > many *Works*): it in fact a ‘culture of death’ , to use a telling phrase > of environmentalist Vandana Shiva, that has brought us to this > catastrophic pass. > > Second, if we are counting, it’s not the 6th, but, in fact, the 7th > Extinction. > > *The Sixth was the genocide against Non-Europeans, carried out by Europe, > non-stop since 1492.* > > Yes, *non-stop.* > > Have a look around. > > > > Other than that, his logic and facts appear sound. > > We need to listen to Barry. > > And to Guy. > > It’s time for soothsayers to step up: all others have, more or less, failed > us. > *[©R.Kanth 2018] * > > > > -- > P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net > > Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: > http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation > > Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; > http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > P2P Foundation - Mailing list > > Blog - http://www.blog.p2pfoundation.net > Wiki - http://www.p2pfoundation.net > > Show some love and help us maintain and update our knowledge commons by > making a donation. Thank you for your support. > https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/donation > > https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation > >
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