Re: [Paddlewise] Winter in a time of Climate Change

John Winters wrote: >>>>>>>>.......Sometimes I wonder if we are not a
parasitic species and it is our role in the great scheme of things to alter
the global landscape and environment to make way for a different species as
yet undefined. Like a virus we may kill the host (by kill I mean make it
useless to our species) but make it suitable for some other
species..........<<<<<<<<<<<< John, the above reminded me of some construction
site fence "art" I saw back in 1969 or 1970. Men had recently landed on the
moon. I was enjoying the art on the 4 by 8 plywood panels that made the fence
around the construction site. I'll never forget the one that was my favorite.
It was a moonscape with a lunar-lander type object descending on to it. This
lunar-lander looked like the then newly discovered shape of a virus.
Since all the life we know about could be considered parasitic on the earth,
maybe the earth has just developed a fever to rid itself of us. George Carlin
isn't worried about mother earth, he figures she will shake us off like a bad
case of fleas. Craig Jungers wrote: >>>>>...So I figure, what the heck. Let's
try to get to zero impact. That way therewon't be any debate. If it gets
warmer then it's entirely natural. If itgets colder then
so-be-it......<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Considering that humans are natural and that all
we do is therefore also "natural" then even if global warming is all our
fault, and the earth burns to a cinder because of us, it is still a natural
ocurance. Good luck trying for zero impact though. The fundemented, like James
Watt (Reagan's first Interior secretary), want the world to end as quickly as
possible, and if even if they are not actively trying to help speed up the
process they believe it will happen soon anyway so why should they worry about
the environment or their children's future (other than to make sure they are
equipped get to heaven). They breed faster than environmentalists do too. I
just read that Utah is America's fastest growing state. Unlike most of the
runner-ups they didn't do it through immigration. When I was a substitute
postman all the regulars were required to have a nuclear disaster plan in
their official notebook. My favorite was: "Run to the top of the nearest hill
and watch the fireball". Chuck Sutherland wrote:>>>>>>>>......Do you believe
we (the World) will run out of sufficient oil to run our lives. What will
happen when China and India, never mind the rest of the world, catch up to us
in oil useage?..........<<<<<<<<<<< Maybe when we get all the fuel burned up
the earth's fever will finally break. It looks like the worldwide depression
we are sinking into will slow down the burning some for awhile though. I no
longer drive to work. It looks like many more will be joining me soon. I
haven't driven at all for over a week now. Of course, "Seattle cooling" has
had something to do with that. I used to think my family was cheap. Now I say
we were just green before it became fashionable.
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