View Single Post
Old 06-09-2007, 07:53 PM  
Jim_Gunn
Confirmed User
 
Industry Role:
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Where The Teens Are
Posts: 5,702
It's almost irrelevant whether human activity is partially affecting global warming or whether it is a completely natural cyclical phenomenon. The greater issue is how humankind will adapt to what will eventually be significant changes to the planet's conditions as has occurred at various points in the history of the planet. The temperature, the weather, even the percentage of the oxygen composition of the atmosphere have fluctuated many times in pre-history and there is n o reason to think it wont happen again. Throw in a few catastrophes like asteroid impacts, and in the very long term, say thousands or hundreds of thousands of years, human civilization will have unexpected and serious issues to contend to, and we may not be able to survive them even with our most advanced technology.
Jim_Gunn is offline   Share thread on Digg Share thread on Twitter Share thread on Reddit Share thread on Facebook Reply With Quote