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Originally Posted by Sir-Ex
lol verk, you toot your horn of science and technology (I love science and technology) but look at what technology has actually done to the planet in real terms. It's enabled us to expand far more rapidly than we should've and we never implemented any controls for ourselves, so now the only check and balance is the sheer physicality itself; the fundamental requirements for our ecosystem to function as it is are being weakened and potentially destroyed. You are the human in his head screaming praise for his awesome mind yet witless of the very ground he stands on.
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i agree wholeheartedly. technology got us into this mess and technology will get us out. clean, renewable energy will be developed and implemented because to do otherwise is collective suicide. japan has plans in place for a satellite solar power generator, ireland put on a multi-million dollar contest to see who could harness the immense power of tides, communities in africa and elsewhere are setting up wind and solar farms to give those developing regions electricity. we're recycling our waste more than ever and turning it into all kinds of things from bridges to firewood. the point is that our reckless industrial expansion is forcing us to innovate and realize our vast technological potential. it'll see us through, no doubt in my mind
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Originally Posted by Sir-Ex
I'm not a pessimist either, I'm very much the optimist. But I can't ignore what's staring us in the face..
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what's staring us in the face is the need to do away with our outdated conventions and create a technological future that works with and is supported by our environment. it's either that or we'll all die, and even whoever keeps the wraps on alternative energy sources or whatever else won't want that. . . we all have a very animalistic will to survive. so much so that i can't envision any doomsday scenario created by our own devices ever being realized