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Originally Posted by XD2
I think it would take a bit more than that to preserve the planet, though I don't disagree that every little helps (it's a Tesco conspiracy) I think to preserve the planet indefinitely we would probably need to kill off a good 6 billion people. But I don't see why that should be a problem, I mean we as a species do it to seals (and many other animals) when they over populate :-)
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Just FYI: the world is not over populated at the moment. Earth could feed more.
Preserving the Planet is more about how we live, how many water and energy we consume and most importantly: the source of the energy we consume. It does matter if you use renewable energy, nuclear energy or energy made from coal [most polluting FYI].
The question is not if global warming does exist or its pure fiction. the real question is if the change of the climate is because of human activities or is it natural?
Ask any dutch about global warming: I seriously doubt they don't take it serious. I was studying dam systems, water management and cross-border environmental issues @ .NL in 2005 and I happily noticed that generally the europian people (in average) take this issue much more seriously than the american or chinese.
...China produces most of their energy from coal, while for example France produces 0% of their energy from coal...
Coal fields are getting mined for 40-80 years [!!!] at one place, causing serious problems not just for the local nature but areas 20-40 kms from the mining zone. Simply because coal has to be mined DRY thus they have to pump the groundwater in a (big) circle around the mine and this causes dehydration in a huge zone around the mines. Considering this mining is not for a few months but Long Decades, you don't need to take acid to be able to imagine how this effects Mother Earth, right? ;) And this is just about mining the damn coal not 1) transporting 2) burning [turning to primary energy source] 3) transforming to more useful form of energy 4) transporting that energy or 5) consuming that energy...
See Sig!!!