On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:24:39 +0000, Scott wrote:

Tom Gardner wrote:


Sounds pretty drastic to me!
But it was caused by nature, not interfering humans...

True. So what.


My point was simply that the Earth has means to naturally "cleanse"
itself as it has done in the past without interference from humans and
will likely continue to do so, with or without human help.

Quite possibly, but have you considered that temperature swings, sea
level changes and ocean acidification may wipe out civilisation as we
know it (along with an unknown number of additional species) before a
new steady state is reached?


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