Originally Posted by xyzdonna  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.
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xyzDonna
Those disasters happened and Earth Abides. Abides well enough that not only did the reign of dinosaurs end and the slooooooooooooooow rise of man began, but that several of those incidents occurred during the time of man. Man was barely out of trees and living in caves during the last Ice Age...gee, how could we possibly survive as a species during this next cyclical global weather phenomona...probably through evolution. Evolution is driven by responses to external stimuli. If the stress of the external stimuli is great enough, beneficial evolutionary traits develop within a few generations. I would daresay that while the Armageddon scenario of GW/CC is fetishistic philosophical porn for all the survivor buffs, it's going to be no more of a destruction of our habitat as the impending Ice Age and its effects were to Neanderthals and Cro Magnons.
A sea level rise that is catastrophic? Man has known better than to build at or below water level since his first campsite was flooded and his rations and belongings were lost. I don't feel sorry for ignorant 3rd world countries whose populations are so out of proportion to their resources that they consciously choose to breed themselves into a situation they are unable to resolve. I live in the middle of the US in the most sparsely populated state. It's also the 7th largest in land mass. The Rocky Mountains run through my backyard. I'm sure I'll survive the impending flood. Just because people have babies, doesn't mean that all people are important to the survival of the species. I'm sure that I sound cold and heartless, but I believe in Darwinian evolution. If you cannot support yourself or your offspring, you are expendable to the species. I will not bear the burden of people too stupid to remember the first rule of survival. Take care of yourself. So, for myself, the "impending disaster" will not affect me. And should I find myself in a situation where the displaced immigrants are clamboring for harbor and demanding that I give them what they need, I will respond in kind. With lots of 5.56mm & 7.62mm FMJ rounds. I will fill their hungry bellies with heaping helpings of lead. And have lots of compost for my garden. Care for a homegrown tomato from the hothouse?
