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AndyMayhew
WhiteAlice
aivlas
reply to post by WhiteAlice
So adding something that exponentially grows in numbers and has no predators will be fine.edit on 9-4-2014 by aivlas because: ahhh more letters
No, it would not be. That is what is classified as an "invasive species". Such things actually tend to destroy the environments that they have been introduced to because they have no check against them within that environment. Rabbits in Australia, Africanized honey bees, and over half the ornamental plants in our gardens would all fall under "invasive species". They take up resources and space from life already established within that ecosystem without contribution to that environment (technically a predator is something that uses that species). They totally disrupt and imbalance the ecosystem.
Rabbits in Australia
And Homo Sapiens Idiotti wherever it's found?
soficrow
reply to post by WhiteAlice
Hats off to another Tepper fan. But now I have to reread Beauty. It'll take some time.
S&
VoidHawk
Just more BS to push the BS!
Look outside, its lovely out there, its only in forums and on the msm that man made climate change exists!
WATER is by far the largest contributer to green house gases, and the planet is covered in the stuff, but they ignore that and concentrate on the miniscule amount of carbon that we create.
Just more BS.
Greven
the2ofusr1
WUWT readers may recall that since Dr. Moore has decided to speak out against global warming and for Golden Rice, Greenpeace is trying to disappear his status with the organization, much like people were disappeared in Soviet Russia.
This is one of the most absurd and ridiculous comparisons I've seen since that billionaire comparing criticism of the 1% to the Holocaust.
What kind of delusional source is this Watts Up With That?
EternalWatcher
This sounds a lot like Agenda 21 to me. Move the population from the rural areas into cities......where they will be easier to control.
mysterioustranger
reply to post by Rezlooper
Hey Rez-I have to agree with that. We spend so much time trying to fix things that are really beyond fixing....it just keeps society deluded, hopeful and busy.
We should spend all that time, research, money and effort on preparing us a place to go to.
We ruined what we've got. It will go completely bad-gone, way before we can fix it, if ever.
I think we need to get out....while we still can.
edit on 09-22-2013 by mysterioustranger because: (no reason given)
hopenotfeariswhatweneed
mysterioustranger
reply to post by Rezlooper
Hey Rez-I have to agree with that. We spend so much time trying to fix things that are really beyond fixing....it just keeps society deluded, hopeful and busy.
We should spend all that time, research, money and effort on preparing us a place to go to.
We ruined what we've got. It will go completely bad-gone, way before we can fix it, if ever.
I think we need to get out....while we still can.
edit on 09-22-2013 by mysterioustranger because: (no reason given)
what if people started learning about permaculture and implementing it....if we all were to concentrate on returning the land to its natural state,we could all live in a self sustaining paradise.....but instead we rape and pillage the land ...sad thing is we know what to do but it is not profitable enough at this point for big business so there simply needs to be a change in the mindset
hopenotfeariswhatweneed
mysterioustranger
reply to post by Rezlooper
Hey Rez-I have to agree with that. We spend so much time trying to fix things that are really beyond fixing....it just keeps society deluded, hopeful and busy.
We should spend all that time, research, money and effort on preparing us a place to go to.
We ruined what we've got. It will go completely bad-gone, way before we can fix it, if ever.
I think we need to get out....while we still can.
edit on 09-22-2013 by mysterioustranger because: (no reason given)
what if people started learning about permaculture and implementing it....if we all were to concentrate on returning the land to its natural state,we could all live in a self sustaining paradise.....but instead we rape and pillage the land ...sad thing is we know what to do but it is not profitable enough at this point for big business so there simply needs to be a change in the mindset
soficrow
reply to post by WhiteAlice
I do that too but I'm more about bringing much needed food sources to myself.
lol.
WhiteAlice
hopenotfeariswhatweneed
mysterioustranger
reply to post by Rezlooper
Hey Rez-I have to agree with that. We spend so much time trying to fix things that are really beyond fixing....it just keeps society deluded, hopeful and busy.
We should spend all that time, research, money and effort on preparing us a place to go to.
We ruined what we've got. It will go completely bad-gone, way before we can fix it, if ever.
I think we need to get out....while we still can.
edit on 09-22-2013 by mysterioustranger because: (no reason given)
what if people started learning about permaculture and implementing it....if we all were to concentrate on returning the land to its natural state,we could all live in a self sustaining paradise.....but instead we rape and pillage the land ...sad thing is we know what to do but it is not profitable enough at this point for big business so there simply needs to be a change in the mindset
lol I love this. I had two dreams once upon a time. First was working against bark beetle infestations in the hopes of finding a way to control the issue. Second was creating a landscaping company that actually restored surburban environments to a still aesthetically pleasing counterpart of itself. Health issues blocked following through on either dream but I still did implement it in my own yard. There isn't a thing planted in my yard that isn't indigenous and directly beneficial to the critters living in it. I have a "pet" raccoon, a family of squirrels (all named) and tons of birds as neighbors in my backyard. The raccoon actually wintered under our deck so no harm to the roofs and it's really freaking cool to watch him come out and walk around the deck. We haven't named him yet though.
Rehabilitating one's landscaping would be an easy and good first step that would actually cut down on watering bills to boot. It'd bring back much needed food sources to displaced wildlife.
eriktheawful
No thanks to moving back into the city. I'll stay well away out here in the country where I live.
I'm over an hour and a half away from the ocean, at an elevation of almost 400 feet, so if all the ice melts, I'll still be high and dry.
Several hurricanes have come through, and we're still here.
Snow, major ice storms....and we're still here, living just fine.
I've got my own garden that does rather well, including wild things that grow here. Fruit trees that are doing fine, and nuts. There are still plenty of deer and other small game here (from rabbits to wild turkeys), and my own chickens give me eggs.
Drought might be a concern.....but for now, the aquafier below me is still so full that you can still drill down to just 80 feet and water comes gushing out (and it's damn good water too. I home brew, and people gush about how good my beer tastes....it's all about the water). However, yes, a very long term drought of no rain at all would end up being a problem.
But I'd rather deal with that, than move into a death trap called a city.