>I say our benefit because even such cataclysmic "disasters" as the meteor that hit just off the Yucatan 65 million years ago weren't necessarily bad. Though disastrous to some species, it was an ultimate boon to others, like mammals! We probably owe our existence as a species, at least in some part, to this event.
>Regards, Bob... I am not of the opinion that everything change man (the human species) wrings on the planet will turn out to be beneficial somehow in the long run. And to me the rosy thinking/argument that nature always rights herself is specious. It's definitely both hotter (yup, definitely hotter) and often wetter in California than it used to be. Not to mention El Nino. There are things we can correct. And, me, myself, and I, am partial to the idea of the human species continuing. A 5%-15% permanent heat increase (or less, think it is nearer 5%) in arable areas of the planet drastically affects our food supply. (Or wet increase.) There's no reason, barring an asteroid, we have to go the way of the dinosaurs. They were bigger, but I think we are ahead of them on the smartness scale. Doe aka Marnie Maybe. ;-) BTW, I can remember when the asteroid theory was totally poo-pooed by everyone. Interesting how things -- theories, our scientific knowledge, etc. -- changes over time.
