Comments on: 9 Eco Rules Humans Shouldn’t Break If We Want to Survive

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:58:59 +0000

It’s funny how it is the city dwellers that are all screaming mercy and that the end of the world is near yet they know nothing of nature aside what they see on their TV. How it’s city dwellers that are becoming vegetarians but they know nothing about animals aside their pets and what they see at the zoo. Doesn’t it make you wonder that the only real problem is those very same people and their illogical existences in their cities. City dwellers, DON’T DESTROY THE EARTH because you think it’s too late already. YOU are the problem, not the earth. CHANGE YOURSELF, not humanity’s goals and aspirations. DO NOT DESTROY OUR HOME to escape your own stupidity! Startrek is a TV series, not a religion!

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:52:35 +0000

I feel sorry for those humans that come from monkeys and are parasites who’s population and activities need to be restrained because they are so stupid and monkey like that they can do nothing but destroy the earth and eat granola. I don’t come from the Roman church or any other religion, I am a proud human, I come from the beautiful harmony of life, nature, the earth. I am the great human shepherd and caretaker of nature. The more of us there are, the more healthy nature will be because we perform permaforestry. There is no limit to our population, the more hands we have the better nature will be, the better we will be. We are creators of life, not death. We pray to harmony and life, not books, stories, idols, movements, technology, or history. Wake up you evolutionary monkeys, wake up you creationist religious fanatics, you are all wrong, there is more to life then to acquire yourself an explanation to life’s greatest mystery, especially in this day and age. What is not harmonious with the harmony of nature will be extinct, it’s the only rule, it’s the reality of adaptation.

PS. I didn’t mean to insult real monkeys, they play their part quite well in the harmony of life.

By: stueysplace

stueysplace — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:54:29 +0000

morgan is right on. I’m one of the old foggies who happen to have been watching as we destroyed everything we touched. It is far too late to save us now. Our polititions have no concept of the seriousness of the problem. Of course the real problem is over population and nobody seems to want to address that problem. Actually I don’t think humans have the mental capacity to deal with climate change. We are like locusts who will ravage the planet until we run out of food and die off.

By: morgan

morgan — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:52:19 +0000

seriously, I am a college student right now following a marine environmental law degree, bioenvironmental sciences AND possibly minoring in wildlife and fisheries sciences. I’m considered a “kid” to some of you guys. But I have a perfectly functioning brain, and I can understand the consequences we are leading our species into. Maybe some of you “adults” should stop thinking you know it all, because if you did, you wouldn’t be leaving such brainless, dense, and overall idiotic responses. “All of this is fake” HA please, pick up a scientific article, a book, or maybe just try to educate yourselves in the most basic way. We are killing our species, we are killing the earth, we have already killed numerous species but none of ya’ll want to take the blame. We will face doom, no, your grandchildren and their children will face doom, and it will be because you were too arrogant to do something to save the people you will love. I agree with someone who wrote “the earth will do just fine” but we, humans, will become extinct. Foolish creatures we are.

By: goulet

goulet — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:58:58 +0000

bacteria changed the world by converting a “poisonous” atmosphere into the oxygen one we have today.
Of course, that oxygen proved poisonous for everything on the planet except a handful of organisms. So “poisonous atmosphere” is highly relative

change is change. It’s not the end of the world. Maybe the end of humans. But I think Earth will do just fine

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:40:28 +0000

You’re right Dan, the survival of a general species depends upon the niche they occupy. But the true purpose of life is to further perpetuate itself, all other things follow behind that purpose. To think were totally doomed kinda shows a lack of commitment to humanity. The species thrives on higher resources, true.
But what i was proposing was an effort to stem the amount of degradation to allow us a chance at technological advances that are important to getting off this rock. Yes, i know the earth is doomed, from the first moment a man figured out how to create a spear, it was over, a chain reaction was set in motion that would undeniably lead to the end of life.
Perhaps that was the purpose of humanity all along, to bring about the end. But just because the earth is going to die doesn’t mean we have to. “Recovery” was never the thought i really had in mind. It’s over, and i know it, most people should try to accept that the earth will die, but humanity may be able to live on. It would be a solution to give us time. The way you word it, it seems as though the whole world is going to go down, but you’re just going to step off the edge and be somewhere where it can’t get you. As much as many people would like to think that way, it’s impossible to walk away from something that could be this bad.
If were all going to die on this rock, you’re coming with us! So either go with the ride or fight it.

By: Dan C.

Dan C. — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:31:39 +0000

I can narrow all 9 items down to one concept: Net Usefulness. A species will survive based upon whether it creates more future usefulness (”net”) than it consumes. In other words, living things must be useful overall to the universe, or they die off. In the case of humans, we are not only consuming OUR share of resources, but all of the shares of all of the other species that are dying off, AND we are leaving behind pollution (a form of consumption) that is analogous to going backward in time and consuming our ancestors’ usefulness.

For those who are arguing about “socialism”, you should get rid of the patent office, the school systems which feed the capitalist factory model, the highways, the military, the post office, and all public systems which give subsidies to corporations. We are already a socialist country, but the socialism is based on the corporation as the dominant life form.

We are all screwed. Have fun with that ‘recovery’ thing.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:39:58 +0000

Seems all i hear now is how horrible we are in the way of being good stewards to our planet. Most people play “tug of war” between if it’s real or not, or what’s causing it.
But has anyone ever thought for a moment that humanity has an answer in itself? that perhaps the solution to this problem is not ONLY to clean up our act, but to also create viable means of collecting these toxins? Perhaps the answer isn’t asserting blame, or even acknowledging it’s happening. But just thinking of new and brilliant ways of cleaning up the mercury in the water, or scrubbing the atmosphere of carbon dioxide? Even if republican fanatics are right and the liberal softies are spouting hippie crap about preservation, it can’t hurt. Just go along with to get them to stop complaining!
The fact of the matter being, don’t just complain about it, do something about it. Steviemac made a good point about the common man “Never underestimate his stupidity,” but underestimating his brilliance would be the real downfall.

By: StevieMac

StevieMac — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:17:02 +0000

To Aurenia and all others who believe natural disasters can not impact the earth more than humans, please look up the Mt. Pinutabo eruption from 1991. Scientists across multiple disciplines measured the CO2 and CFC emissions from that single eruption and confirmed it had spewn more of each into the atmosphere than all of humanity since the start of the industrial revolution.

Quit ignoring fact in deference to your opinions. The idea or “theory” that gobal warming is caused by human activity is nothing more than a myth. Michael Crichton had it right: Climatologists need an urgent cause to raise money. Humans causing a rapid rise in CO2 levels is just the latest version of such an urgent cause. Does anyone remember the “Global Cooling” concerns from the 70’s? Amazing how short our memories can be.

Look at it this way: The earth is 8,000 miles in diameter, which means it has a total surface area of 201 million square miles. 70% of that is water (141 million square miles). That leaves 60 million square miles of actual land. Now, how much of the 60 million square miles is really inhabitable? Turns out about 40% (Antarctica, Greenland, northern Canada, and Siberia are all largely uninhabitable due to extreme cold and lack of sun for half the year). The arctic is all ice (no land under it), but this is not included in the 70% number either. So, that leaves 24 million square miles of inhabitable land. A grand total of 12% of the total surface of the earth to be shared by 7 billion people. Now take into consideration what I said about the Mt. Pinutabo eruption and really think about the assertions that humans are causing global warming.

It’s sad that we have been made victims of greedy, liberal climatologists who have skillfully employed our liberal media to further their cause. The truth is, the data can be manipulated by either side of this grand argument because the scientists performing the studies and experiments are the same scientists “objectively” reviewing the data. In layman’s terms, that’s called the fox watching the henhouse.

One question before I close: What claims more human lives: extreme heat or extreme cold? Just some facts: In 2005, 1400 people died across Europe due to 3 weeks of extreme heat. In 2003, 700 people died in Chicago alone due to a major heat wave. Both events were heavily publicized in the media and shown as “evidence” of global warming. The sad fact is that in Britain alone, 25,000 people die every year due to the cold. Has anyone heard about this epidemic?

Please people, look up the facts and make informed decisions. Opinions are like assholes: everyone has one, and most of them stink.

And never underestimate the stupidity of the common man.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:52:02 +0000

It doesn’t matter if global warming is true or not. This plant is our mother and we are slowly poisoning her. Is that how you should treat your mother.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:20:54 +0000

The fact is that the earth has been experiencing periods of heating and cooling. We may lend to the current warming trend or we may not. Many have used meteorlogical maps and data for their own ends, yet we all know we can bend numbers to lend credit to our own theories. I believe that the earth has and will continue regulating itself. Eventually, it will become uninhabitable for our species and we will die off, or be dramatically reduced, as many species have before us. To believe that we shall forever inhabit this tiny sphere and have the capability of altering our climate at our whim is mere fantasy. So relax. It’s not doom and gloom, it is life. We humans have had a good run, so enjoy your life and let everyone else enjoy their life.

By: Dude

Dude — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:58:35 +0000

James C.

You are not a scientists so do not say you are a scientists,

all these things are real your talking the propaganda.

Plus i can tell your not a scientist because you use ridiculous amounts of ????.

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IM A SCIENTIST???

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:58:01 +0000

Top 7 reasons why Americans have a responsibility to reduce our meat consumption are on that list. Global warming, nitrogen and phosphorus pollution, fresh water use, land use, biodiversity, chemical pollution and atmospheric aerosol emissions all have an intimate relationship with our diet.

By: Personne

Personne — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:21:47 +0000

The opinions expressed in the above comments are all over the place, and this is why I think we are really screwed: We humans can’t agree on anything of importance (name any issue) and therefore we are condemned to watch the events unfold until it bites us in the ass. History repeats itself.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:21:06 +0000

To all those who will not accept the blame of our own undoing, I say screw you and your arrogance. It’s pretty clear we are doing something wrong when there is a plastic garbage island floating in the ocean the size of texas. We are also losing species at an exponential rate, more so than ever before in the history of the world. But hey, don’t worry, sit back, relax and lets bask in the awesomeness that is the world destroying human. Ignorant arrogant slobs.