[Terrapreta] expansion

[lou gold]

Whew, glad that's cleared up.

more hugs to ya,

lou

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Greg and April <gregandapril at earthlink.net>
wrote:

>  Sorry, I did not understand what you were getting at.
>
>
> Greg H.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* lou gold <lou.gold at gmail.com>
> *To:* Greg and April <gregandapril at earthlink.net>
> *Cc:* Terra Preta <Terrapreta at bioenergylists.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 03, 2008 10:13
> *Subject:* Re: [Terrapreta] expansion
>
> Greg,
>
> I'm talking about adaptation via terra preta.
> What in the world are you quarreling about?
>
> I'm not talking about being scared.
> I'm saying that there's good work to do.
>
> hugs,
>
> lou
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Greg and April <gregandapril at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
>>  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 <lou.gold at gmail.com>
>>  *To:* Greg and April <gregandapril at earthlink.net>
>> *Cc:* Sean K. Barry <sean.barry at juno.com> ; Terra Preta<Terrapreta at bioenergylists.org>
>> *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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