We sure have had a lot of time - I remember Carl Sagan warning people about global warming back in the 70s. Jacques Cousteau warned of the imminent death of the oceans back then, and when he was asked in the 90s about the dealine for saving them, he replied that it was already too late to do anything - we might think we're looking at a living system, but it's gone too far to save. We just can't see it yet.
I agree that, whether we can stop the process or not, we should still reform the way we do things. Not necessarily because it'll have the desired effect, but simply because it's the right thing to do. David Gerrold once said that the number One Commandment of the Universe is "Thou shalt not Waste", and we've been sinning for a hell of a long time now. It's time we stopped being such pissant babies and started living within our means. (Whatever happened to that wisdom? Oh yeah, it probably went the way of "Sticks and stones", and "Live and let live".)
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Date: Sunday, February 4th, 2007 03:07 am (UTC)I agree that, whether we can stop the process or not, we should still reform the way we do things. Not necessarily because it'll have the desired effect, but simply because it's the right thing to do. David Gerrold once said that the number One Commandment of the Universe is "Thou shalt not Waste", and we've been sinning for a hell of a long time now. It's time we stopped being such pissant babies and started living within our means. (Whatever happened to that wisdom? Oh yeah, it probably went the way of "Sticks and stones", and "Live and let live".)