As regards damages to its eco-system, we are certainly passing through the worst times the earth has had in documented history (for a run down it would be great to browse through a fantastically breezy run of the history of the earth so far by Bill Bryson called 'A Short History of Nearly Everything').
It emerges, however, that the earth is a tough nut to crack even though man is a very potently dangerous species. The nature has a way of counter balancing almost everything that man has been able to come up with. Forces like even nuclear are dwarfed severely as compared to the energy that earth can spew though its natural forces. But slow and lethal poisons like lead, plastic and CO2 seem to be capable of quite a bit of damage. Whether the earth can withstand all this would be a tough call from a neutral perspective. The ones in power (Bush and cronies, Putin and gang, and the like) will play it down as every industry or service lobby has a huge signature in one or the above devils. And the ones out of power (Al Gore and Co) will predict dooms day half out of concern and half to get the ones in power down.
Personally, I beleive, we can outlive our stupidities and nature will be able to handle even a powerful species like humans. Of course, we will all be there to see 2050 and may be, with some luck, 2070. Dig out this blog then (Google will persist) and lets have a chat, if I am proven wrong.
It emerges, however, that the earth is a tough nut to crack even though man is a very potently dangerous species. The nature has a way of counter balancing almost everything that man has been able to come up with. Forces like even nuclear are dwarfed severely as compared to the energy that earth can spew though its natural forces. But slow and lethal poisons like lead, plastic and CO2 seem to be capable of quite a bit of damage. Whether the earth can withstand all this would be a tough call from a neutral perspective. The ones in power (Bush and cronies, Putin and gang, and the like) will play it down as every industry or service lobby has a huge signature in one or the above devils. And the ones out of power (Al Gore and Co) will predict dooms day half out of concern and half to get the ones in power down.
Personally, I beleive, we can outlive our stupidities and nature will be able to handle even a powerful species like humans. Of course, we will all be there to see 2050 and may be, with some luck, 2070. Dig out this blog then (Google will persist) and lets have a chat, if I am proven wrong.
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