Climate Change-The Truth

The thing is much of what we can do about it is now being done to and for us whether some like it or not. Take for example the auto motive industry. This now changes and continues to evolve as a result of the issues discussed at an incredible rate. There were those who for possibly selfish reasons and financial gain  said there was no need for change arguing that our continued pollution ways were unimportant but it is happening and that 'happening' is accelerating fast thankfully. 

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I did not see the program but would ask if it was a rational balanced offering or simply a BBC/Attenborough sensation To attract viewers? 

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Population is one aspect. Consumption is another. How much do we hear about economic growth. If we all stop to think for a moment it becomes abundantly clear that, on a planet with finite resources, continued economic growth is unsustainable. The churn created by constant marketing pressure creates the consumer society that eats up the planet's resources.

Of course you are right. There are many interrelated issues and to tackle all at once is daunting and possibly impossible for us as individuals or collectively. But some bits we can. Identify these, act and then progress on to the next. That is what is happening thankfully.

As far as population growth is concerned I can do nothing but I hope for the best but I'm afraid nature may just sort that one out itself. It is not an excuse to just  allow 'destruction' and accelerate those other problems we face. We live in hope.

Happy Easter from me to.  🙂

 

And here by lies a contradiction. The richer a society the lower the birth rate, the poorer the society the greater the birth rate. This is simply because in poorer societies  they regard larger families as a means of protecting the family unit as there is a likelihood that not all will survive because of limited access to medical facilities. The problem is that in order for societies to become richer it places even more demands of world resources and probably increases the prospect of climate change rather than reducing it.

We human beings are still 99 and a good bit animal.  A type of animal that is rather good at breeding and making comfortable surroundings. For many 100s of years our recent ancestors have been finding cures for disease and damage that are natural deprecators of the numbers.  So lifespan increases. Expected age at death in the western world is now about twice what it was at the start of the revolution - Industrial, that is.

What has also grown as well as population numbers is the perceived right of "Self before Society".  However, I have every confidence that Nature will right the current imbalance. It could be that we suffocate due to a volcanic explosion, or drown in ever increasing sea levels, or starve from lack of any potential food source (apart from ourselves). My curiosity is about whether sufficent numbers of homo sapiens will survive to resume breeding, or will another species of homo evolve to take our place at the top of the food tree?

but of course another set of scientists on another programme could present another view?  

true scientists also have one common feature, they never think their theory is right, they will say it fits in with observations or at best they will say it is just not wrong or so far not proven to be wrong -  a totally different thing altogether. Newton found that out. 

Watch the famous Feynman video

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