[Terrapreta] expansion

[Greg and April]

Lou,

I think that one thing that everyone that makes these statements overlooks, is mans ability to adapt.

Man has lived and still lives ( for all of historical history and beyond ) in deserts that already is more than 5* C higher than the average world temp, and these are folks that are usually primitive that don't have the advantage of modern technology.    Man as a species in historical times has already seen changes of at least 5* C just going from the height of the Medieval Warm Period to depths of the Little Ice Age and back to the present.

Remember, fossil records indicate that during times of high CO2, plant life flourished and the number of species ( plant ) usually increased.    

Just because temperature increases, there is no reason to believe that the world is going to turn to desert in fact, all you have to do is look at the relative humidity and see that it has remained fairly constant over the years  -  this indicates that the either the temperature is not increasing like people say or that the amount of water in the atmosphere has increased.    

Methane in ice core samples from Greenland indicate increased rates of falling moisture, during warming events.


Until someone can prove that man ( the most adaptable species in the world ) would not be able to adapt in the face of increased world temperatures, it's just another version of " The sky is falling "    While a 10* C increase might be a pain in the ass, it just does not scare me - and there is no reason for it to.    



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: lou gold 
  To: Greg and April 
  Cc: Sean K. Barry ; Terra Preta 
  Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 5:29
  Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] expansion


  After reading this Greg ...

  So on one hand, we have you claiming extinction levels of 95%+ of all known species ( including plants ) due to global warming, caused by CO2 in the atmosphere due to the actions of man, and on the other hand, we have record of known extinction events, that never exceed aprox 80% in a worst case situation ( few of which involve plants ), and most of which account for <60% of species. 

  Somehow, I just can't help noting the obvious that we and other sentient beings are not plants and that losing up to 60% of us may be more than a yawn.

  hugs,

  lou
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