Atmospheric CO2 Hits High Milestone

^ amen, totally agree, this and our affluent way of life

Gamemako wrote: The Doctor wrote: And that is the fact that this planet was not meant to support 7+ billion humans on it. You need to re-think that statement. There are a lot more than 7 billion organisms on Earth. It's what people do that causes issues.

You mean like breathing?    I'm not discounting the factories, cars, etc, but breathing alone pumps a lot of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.  Not to mention that we use up resources faster than the rest of the organisms on the planet combined.  The planet may be able to support trillions of organisms, but not 7+ billion people.  I stand by my original statement.

While I strongly support environmental issues, there is also one problem which is not so easy to deal with.  And that is the fact that this planet was not meant to support 7+ billion humans on it.  And that number keeps growing at a geometric rate.  Overpopulation of the planet is the biggest environmental disaster and while there may not be much we can do about it, it won't be too long I fear before mother nature does something about it with environmental disasters, plague, famine and so forth to bring the human population back into balance with nature. 

I'm reminded of the early Floyd lyric "And if you survive to 2005, I hope you're exceedingly thin, for if you are stout, you will have to breathe out, while the people around you breathe in".


Edited by The Doctor - May 11 2013 at 14:26