[xyzdonna]

Originally Posted by WYLD xyzDonna... Not to attack you from two fronts....but.... If we, humans, are these horrible parasites slowly killing our host, Earth...then how do you explain not one, but several meteorite impacts throughout history (The one in Siberia (Tanguskie?), the one that supposedly ended or ushered the end of the dinosaurs reign, the one in Mauritania, the one in the Nazca Plains in Central America...) that would have had an impact considerably greater than any nuclear blast...and surely contributed to global weather patterns (When Mt. St. Helens exploded, its ash traveled as far away as Italy on the air currents and released millions of tons of toxic gases...and had an adverse effect on the following winter) but miraculously, Earth survived those catastrophic bombardments, but now, little puny man, with his SUV is killing the earth? Give me a break. Please. ADAPT or DIE. That is how man has managed to go from hairless ape to top of the foodchain. Harsh as it sounds, adapting is better from an EVOLUTIONARY standpoint than any technological solution. We are after all, organic, biologic creations. We must evolve or go extinct. Technology is not our savior, it is our creation. I will not bow to any virtual "Jesus" that the NEO-GREENIES parade about as the way to salvation...but I just may pass on stronger genes to my children that will keep them alive if this impending BBQ you call GW/CC is indeed the new Armageddon. I hope that you have strong genes to pass on to your children as well. I damn sure don't want my children having machines be their protectors. I want my children to be strong enough to deal with adversity. Not coddled in some bubble-wrapped air-conditioned techno nanny cubicle.

Hi WYLD,
These natural disasters did a lot of damage. I'm not sure I follow your logic, just because these things happened what does that have to do with what we are doing to the planet now? I'm not saying we won't survive, I'm just saying things won't be good. Think, if we melt the ice caps you'll have a sea level rise that will be catastrophic. That in conjunction with the population explosion will be devastating. Your allusions to evolution are interesting. You don't evolve by destroying your habitat.
Donna