[lit-ideas] Re: The end?
- From: Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 16:16:40 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
The oceans are actually dying, they're turning bluer, which means less plant
life. Oceans are something like 3/4 the surface area of the earth and they
drive weather. Australia is even today going arid; Sydney is predicted to be
basically extinct in 50 some years, or vastly transformed from the way it is
now. At the same time Jakarta is having horrific floods. In India towns next
to each other will be drought/flood side by side as the scorching sun dries up
the water, condenses it above and drops it on the neighboring town. IMO the
loss of humanity will be a boon to the earth but it will be too little too late
for the poor old dying earth. Vegetarianism is postulated to have begun in
India because of poor resources, since animals are a horrendously inefficient
food source. Fast forward 2,000 some years and since half of the potable
water, at least in this country, goes to raise cattle, a return to
vegetarianism will be forced on the world. That'll be good for the animals,
and humans too of course, but it will be even less, even later for the earth,
assuming we don't blow our idiotic selves up in the meantime setting up bogus
enemies so we can blow them to smithereens and feel good about it. We have to
feel good about something, right?
-----Original Message-----
>From: Andreas Ramos <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Feb 4, 2007 3:55 PM
>To: Lit-Ideas <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [lit-ideas] The end?
>
>I read the IPCC's report on global warming. ( http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM2feb07.pdf
>20 pages)
>
>The key points:
>
>- Carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide have spiked in the last century
>(see charts, p.
>15.) From ice cores, we know the natural trends (solar activity, volcanoes,
>etc.) for the
>last 650,000 years. Human activity (agriculture, industry, use of oil) created
>the spikes.
>
>- The ocean is absorbing 80% of the heat. The oceans are warming down to 3,000
>meters (1.8
>miles). As the oceans becomes warmer, they expand. Coastal areas will be
>flooded.
>
>- The oceans are absorbing carbon dioxide (p. 12). This makes water more
>acidic, which
>dissolves sea shells. Much of plankton and all the micro life forms in the
>oceans will be
>extinct. Fish depend on those micro lifeforms.
>
>- Even if we completely stop the increase of gases today, global warming will
>continue to
>increase for more than 1,000 years (p. 13).
>
>This means we've lost New York City. Most of England. Bangladesh. These will
>not exist
>several hundred years from now.
>
>The economic impact will be catastrophic. The Stern Report by the British
>Treasury predicts
>a 20% decline in the global economy. This means a return to the Great
>Depression of the
>1930s. This will cause wars and turmoil.
>http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=2&subID=1055&p=3
>
>Which brings up the question: What will the future be like? It'll be very
>different from
>what we know today: no jet travel, practically no use of oil for
>transportation, severely
>reduced agriculture, which means a smaller global population. Small agrarian
>societies with
>light industries. No urban sprawl. No air conditioning. Most of the USA will
>be dry desert.
>Severe droughts that last decades. Huge hurricanes.
>
>And this assumes the global food chain doesn't collapse. Will humanity survive?
>
>yrs,
>andreas
>www.andreas.com
>
>
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