tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post4508891825219410207..comments2024-03-27T12:30:52.619-04:00Comments on Lost in the Bozone: Erratic ConsistencyMRMacrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01414173517957120477noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-3773169375490854602010-11-11T12:39:02.703-05:002010-11-11T12:39:02.703-05:00Unlike other animals we tend to take more than wha...Unlike other animals we tend to take more than what is necessary for our survival. Things may be peachy in your part of the woods but with an ever expanding population other areas aren't fairing as well. We may have made great progress with some of our trees and wild life but on the whole we continue to poison the rest of the planet. Only time will tell when there is a tipping point. As we all know or should know you can only fit five pounds of manure in a five pound bag. Ten pounds won't fit. Yet we continue to over populate this limited size bag.Demeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935263659097273535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-47574847688439426742010-11-10T22:27:56.181-05:002010-11-10T22:27:56.181-05:00Pipe - Your points are well made. We are possibly...Pipe - Your points are well made. We are possibly our own worse enemies now that we are closing in on 7 billion souls. Our problem is we have nowhere to migrate to should we use up the resouces we need to survive. I see our future unfolding in one of three ways. We either learn to maintain a viable self sustaining culture or we move to another planet. Other than that, we fade away sooner than later.<br /><br />Should we blow it, the planet will continue to evolve and something new will end up top dog.<br /><br />Blog Fodder - WHat i see happening, even though it is not by choice, we are being forced to be more responsible as the essntial resources we have taken for granted are being depleted. At least now we are beginning to smarten up about renewable resources and learning to maximize the yields we get.<br /><br />BBC - I am in Maine. There is more forest now than there was 100 years ago. The damn trees grow like weeds here. 30 years ago, there was a small field of maybe 10 acres at the end of Sam Page I could look out over it down into a small valley. White pine moved in on its own and now the trees are pushing 30 feet tall.<br /><br />Wild life re-introduction has filled the woods with turkeys, various types of ducks, and Salmon are once again making yearly trips up several rivers to spawn. The state,s wild lands are in better shape than they have been in a 100 years.<br /><br />I have no problem with logging as long as we do it with as little impact as possible.MRMacrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414173517957120477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-45259520554736822362010-11-10T21:20:55.462-05:002010-11-10T21:20:55.462-05:00A lot of loggers hate it but there are limits to w...A lot of loggers hate it but there are limits to what they can cut down over here. <br /><br />Result: I'm surrounded by trees, many that could and should be culled.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-88271946274815342172010-11-10T15:34:26.760-05:002010-11-10T15:34:26.760-05:00There is the conundrum. Either we are just anothe...There is the conundrum. Either we are just another species blindly using resources to our selfish benefit, no different from whales, wolves or spruce trees and are no more responsible for any other species than they are for us. <br /><br />Or we are superior to all of the other species and therefore owe them some responsible action on our part not to destroy them or the world we live in.<br /><br />Can't have it both ways, in spite of the tree huggers who claim we are just another species but need to look after all the rest without "enslaving" them.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-19047065102243539312010-11-10T13:58:20.354-05:002010-11-10T13:58:20.354-05:00Mike:
I enjoyed greatly your essay and its biolog...Mike:<br /><br />I enjoyed greatly your essay and its biological theme. You may find it interesting to hear some of the biologically relevant "notions" or ideas that are discussed relative to the topic you mention about humans being either "exploiters" or "stewards" of the planet. <br /><br />In some biological circles the idea of us being "exploiters" keeps us in-line or on-par with any other organism on the planet. The idea is that each and every organism is in a constant struggle for survival. It just happens that at this particular moment, we humans are perhaps better able to exploit resources than many other species. <br /><br />But, the rub is that that as the environment changes, our "kingmanship" in exploiting the resources may go out the window. For example, if our population gets too large, the environment may alter enough to prevent us from producing adequate food for our survival. Or, our excess use of energy may put too much carbon in the environment... perhaps making our survival less certain and making the planet better suited for a different competitor... perhaps for example an algae. <br /><br />On the other hand, the idea of us being "stewards", while at one level can be thought of as noble and nice and kind, etc.... in some biological circles it is coined "enslavement". The idea is that as stewards we will "manage" other species even more than we already do to fit our needs. <br /><br />I am not saying that either of the above notions are wholly right or wholly wrong. I was just giving you some food for thought about these very interesting ideas.<br /><br />PipeTobacco<br />http://frumpyprofessor.blogspot.comPipeTobaccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17746884792061867611noreply@blogger.com