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Re: fHuman vs. natural influences on the environment



jscanlon@linex.com (Jim Scanlon) wrote:
>In article <4ui4cq$k7n@igc.apc.org>, tomgray <tomgray@igc.apc.org> adn:
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>responded to  charliew@hal-pc.org (charliew) thusly: (this is a tiny piece)
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>(charliew) >
>Is this change so fast that man cannot adapt to it?
> 
>(Tom Gray)> Almost certainly not.
>
>It might be well to keep in mind what adaptation means in 
>human terms. As the XX Century  ends, our world has been 
>convulsed by revolutions and wars which have killed---how 
>many---perhaps seventy million people?  What was
>it all about? An adaptation to industrialization ?

I think it was about a temporary inability to realize that our
technological capability to kill had grown so radically.  Now
we see competition being subsumed more into capitalism instead of
territorial aggression.

But I don't want to try to argue with Charlie that humans can't
adapt to a world that is one or two degrees warmer.  I think
we can handle that.  The question really should be, is that
cheaper than reducing greenhouse emissions?  My view is, almost
certainly not.

Tom Gray
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