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OT - new carbon tax 4-Mar-2011 At 11:29:52 AM Gavo

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On 4/03/2011 tnd wrote:
>The planet will be fine. What you are actually expressing is the typical
>selfish human attitude that we have some entitlement to perpetual life
>here. But our species has existed for a mere blink in the life of Earth
>and like many others before may just fade away when the ecosystem outgrows
>us.

Crap. I do not believe that in the least. You think the extinction of many MANY species is acceptable as well? They go hand in hand. If we stay, and we keep this up, we wipe out a plethora of species. Yes, others will go if we stay anyway but what we are doing right now is altering the entire ecosystem in an unsustainable way.

And I am aware of how little time we have spent on the planet. Do you not then find it ludicrous to accept drastic changes to the planet itself in such a short time?

My attitude is not selfish in the least. I do not believe we have a right to be here. But we are, and we can continue to be if we did things sustainably.

"the ecosystem outgrows us"... how do you figure that? We are destroying it.. its kind of the whole bloody point! The ecosystem wont outgrow us. It will be altered by us, eventually leaving an ecosystem in which we, and many other species cannot survive. Those that can, will thrive.

And Im the selfish one for wanting to allow us to live more harmoniously with the ecosystem the present ecosystem.