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Power Femme
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Cinnamon spiced, caramel colored, power-femme
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Married to a wonderful horse girl
Join Date: Oct 2009
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Originally Posted by Sachita
I think that almost any of theories could happen. I believe that earth changes are part of evolution and will happen regardless. I believe humans have accelerated the process. Then again some religious crazy group might find a way to end life as we know it.
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I'm assuming you are using evolution in the non-technical sense of the term? So you think that without, say, the burning of fossil fuels--if we had stayed at, for sake of argument, a pre-17th century level of technology the temperature of the planet would *still* be rising at or around the same rate it is now? Because I'm just not sure how that would work given that *something* has to account for the change in temperature and if the burning of a lot of carbon that had been sequestered isn't it, then what would cause that temperature to happen? Or am I not understanding you when you say that you believe that the changes we are currently witnessing (as opposed to *any* change in climate) in climate are part of (organic?) evolution and that it would happen regardless of human action.
Cheers
Aj
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