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  • From: paul@oneseedling.com
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Lester Brown on rising temperatures and rising food prices
  • Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:11:08 -0500

Actually the artic ice must have almost vanished as sea levels evidenced by
archaeologic evidence is that sea levels were some 20 ft higher than today in
the Mediterranean.

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On Aug 11, 2010, at 6:58 PM, "John D'hondt" <dhondt@eircom.net> wrote:

>
> Gore and Brown mean little to me but I see satelite pictures about melting
> ice everywhere on the planet. And that was not happening in Greek times.
> john
>
>>
>> I never heard that about the period, but the planet didn't have billions
>> of people to support then. So let's keep in mind that 3-4 degrees warmer
>> than today would end civilization as we know it. Gore and Brown are only
>> easy targets for the polluting industries; thousands of climatologists and
>> other scientists and the IPCC have amassed enough evidence over the years
>> to keep us all awake nights. And all of us with children hope against the
>> evidence that they're all wrong. We could adjust to some gradual climate
>> disruption, but the powers that be have too much invested in endless
>> growth on a finite planet. My view is we're already into the dieoff, with
>> a billion going without enough food every day. My view is money and power
>> rule, and the best I can do is avoid taking part in the system where
>> possible and try to live more sustainably on the land, and I sleep at
>> night. And start getting ready for the growers market today.
>>
>> paul tradingpost@lobo.net
>>
>>
>> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********
>>
>> On 8/11/2010 at 7:44 AM paul@oneseedling.com wrote:
>>
>>> Most climate experts agree that during the Greek classical period
>>> temperatures were some 3-4 degrees warmer than today. We adjusted and
>>> overcame both this setback and the ensuing cooling later on. We did all
>>> this without Al Gore, Brown and their ilk.
>>> People will die animals suffer. The earth constantly changes, either you
>>> adjust or go the way of the mastodons.
>>> There is no doubt we need to lower our carbon footprint. This will happen
>>> either as a conscious effort or as an act of omission. Paul the Skeptic
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Aug 10, 2010, at 11:20 PM, "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net> wrote:
>>>
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