Yup. Didn't get much mileage from the geology degree I attained all those years ago but a few key observations have been retained. This old rock was tending to itself long before we came into play and will probably continue to do so long after we're gone. There has been evidence of periodic shifts in climatic conditions going back for millions of years. It just happens. It's a bit arrogant to believe that in the 160 or so years since the onset of the industrial revolution and the advent of man-made hydrocarbon pollution that we would be able to terminally impact the biosphere. Should we be cognizant of what we're dumping into the environment? Well hell yes, but short of a total international nuclear disaster I don't think we can do anything that won't be naturally corrected in a reasonable amount of time. The thing that most people fail to realize is that the last few hundred years is but a blip in geologic time, and that really we are quite insignificant in relation to the influences of the sun, the moon and the stars.
I guess the point from my end would be yes, be aware of what we do with our air and our water, but let's also be reasonable.
Last edited by blackdog; 12/31/2011 10:10 PM.
