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Re: Biodiversity and Humans (was Brashears on Hansen)
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Subject: Re: Biodiversity and Humans (was Brashears on Hansen)
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From: staplei@planet.mh.dpi.qld.gov.au (Ian Staples)
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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 11:27:52 GMT
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Article: 17229 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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Newsgroups: alt.agriculture.misc, alt.org.earth-first, alt.politics.economics, alt.politics.greens, alt.save.the.earth, alt.sustainable.agriculture, sci.agriculture, sci.econ, sci.energy, sci.environment, talk.environment
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Organization: Qld Department of Primary Industries
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References: <32ADF9C7.23B@xmission.com>
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Xref: newz.oit.unc.edu alt.agriculture.misc:6769 alt.org.earth-first:7344 alt.politics.economics:95361 alt.politics.greens:24573 alt.save.the.earth:27428 alt.sustainable.agriculture:17229 sci.agriculture:17125 sci.econ:61792 sci.energy:60083 sci.environment:114572 talk.environment:80967
Jim <msteitz@xmission.com> writes:
> ... By the way, a "species bloom" is called a
>radiation. This has happened several times in the earth's history over
>millions of years, for reasons that are partially understood. If it were
>to happen again ... the earth and humanity would be immeasurably enriched.
D'ya think so Jim? All nice warm inner glow stuff I'm sure; but from
various discussions one sees on Usenet, I'm left with the impression
that all most of humanity want is a dog and a cat for companionship and
a few other species to eat.
Cheers, Ian S.
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