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Re: fHuman vs. natural influences on the environment
charliew wrote:
> One pattern I have noticed in these postings is that people
> seem to insist that no environmental impact whatsoever occur
> as a result of human activities. There is even an
> implication that humans intervene in a way that we keep
> everything constant where it is. These implications do not
> seem reasonable to me. In other words, if you want to lessen
> the impact that humans have on this planet, a good place to
> start is with the number of humans on this planet. Some of
> the posters in this group may be addressing the symptom,
> rather than the problem.
Hmmm.... I would suggest that the carrying capacity for homo sapiens on
this planet would be a few million, about what it was in the early
Paleolithic. I suspect not many will agree with me. <G>
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