On Dec 29, 2006, at 9:53 AM, Tom C wrote: > The sky is falling most definitely. My particular beliefs lead me > to believe 1) that we should individually be environmentally > responsible and 2) that the real solution in the bigger picture is > out of our hands.
My gosh, more agreement! On two out of three points too! - Yes the sky is definitely falling. - Yes we should individually be environmentally responsible. That "the real solution in the bigger picture is out of our hands" is a bit too ambiguous and vague to either fully agree with or completely disagree with. Much of the solution to 'the bigger picture' from one perspective is in the agreement on point number two: if we are individually as environmentally responsible and thoughtful as we can be about the use of energy, we might be able to influence the climate of the planet in a positive manner and ameliorate some of the nastier consequences of climate change. By no means can we save ourselves if a good sized hunk of rock were to smack into us, like that comet that smacked into Jupiter a few years back, and similarly I am pretty certain that we cannot stop climate change entirely, nor am I sure that it would be wise to do so in 'the greater scheme of things' ... But we can always benefit from not acting stupidly with regards to resources. We should strive to do so, all of us together planetwide. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
