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by **Lyion** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 1:09 pm

Are we doomed?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international ... 63,00.html

The human race is living beyond its means. A report backed by 1,360 scientists from 95 countries - some of them world leaders in their fields - today warns that the almost two-thirds of the natural machinery that supports life on Earth is being degraded by human pressure.

The study contains what its authors call "a stark warning" for the entire world. The wetlands, forests, savannahs, estuaries, coastal fisheries and other habitats that recycle air, water and nutrients for all living creatures are being irretrievably damaged. In effect, one species is now a hazard to the other 10 million or so on the planet, and to itself.

"Human activity is putting such a strain on the natural functions of Earth that the ability of the planet's ecosystems to sustain future generations can no longer be taken for granted," it says.

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· An estimated 24% of the Earth's land surface is now cultivated.

· Water withdrawals from lakes and rivers has doubled in the last 40 years. Humans now use between 40% and 50% of all available freshwater running off the land.

· At least a quarter of all fish stocks are overharvested. In some areas, the catch is now less than a hundredth of that before industrial fishing.

· Since 1980, about 35% of mangroves have been lost, 20% of the world's coral reefs have been destroyed and another 20% badly degraded.

· Deforestation and other changes could increase the risks of malaria and cholera, and open the way for new and so far unknown disease to emerge.

In 1997, a team of biologists and economists tried to put a value on the "business services" provided by nature - the free pollination of crops, the air conditioning provided by wild plants, the recycling of nutrients by the oceans. They came up with an estimate of $33 trillion, almost twice the global gross national product for that year. But after what today's report, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, calls "an unprecedented period of spending Earth's natural bounty" it was time to check the accounts.

by **Tossica** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 1:12 pm

Shut the fuck up you hippie, liberal, faggot.

by **Tikker** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 1:53 pm

Doesn't surprise me with the attitude of most people

by **Tuggan** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 1:55 pm

Tossica wrote:Shut the fuck up you hippie, liberal, faggot.

by **labbats** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 2:47 pm

One answer - genocide.

I suggest we start with France.

by **Langston** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 3:04 pm

Tossica wrote:Shut the fuck up you hippie, liberal, faggot.

by **Lyion** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 3:08 pm

by **mofish** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 3:18 pm

Huh? You mean almost zero environmental controls on global industry and zero discipline on resource management is actually going to hurt? Bullshit. The Earth is uber! We can't do anything to hurt it or ourselves environmentally. Rush Limbaugh says so. I bet you believe the Ozone layer is being destroyed also. Fuckin hippy.

by **labbats** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 3:19 pm

mofish wrote:The Earth is uber! .

No more EQ for you

by **Gypsiyee** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:17 pm

mofish wrote:The Earth is uber! We can't do anything to hurt it or ourselves environmentally. Rush Limbaugh says so.

best gigglemaking comment of the day

by **Aires** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:43 am

[quote="labbats"]One answer - genocide.

I suggest we start with France.[/quote]

That doesnt sound like a bad idea.

by **mofish** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:44 am

Let's start a war
So you can go and die
Lets start a war
We'll start with New Jersey

by **Tossica** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:50 am

Let's have a war!
Blame it on the middle-class!
Let's have a war!
We're like rats in a cage!

Let's have a war!
Sell the rights to the networks!
Let's have a war!
Let our wallets get fat like last time!
Let's have a war!
Give guns to the queers!
Let's have a war!
The enemy's within!

by **Martrae** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:53 am

This is fargin war!

by **Martrae** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:54 am

WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

by **Harrison** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:58 am

It's true there were better ones
That led their people
It's true there were better ones
To lead their country
It's true there were better ones
Who cared for this world
It's true there were better ones
But who are we to change
Without the strength of all
The nations will crumble

by **mofish** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 12:20 pm

Tossica wrote:Let's have a war!
Blame it on the middle-class!
Let's have a war!
We're like rats in a cage!

Let's have a war!
Sell the rights to the networks!
Let's have a war!
Let our wallets get fat like last time!
Let's have a war!
Give guns to the queers!
Let's have a war!
The enemy's within!

oops its Lets Have A War...God I loved that album....

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