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Finally, lets assume that it is proven that mankind is causing the
climate changes we are currently observing, and that we are in fact
hastening our own demise. So what? I am not so arrogant to think that I
deserve to live here---I personally think that Gaia will prevail and
undo any damage we do, over time, even if that means wiping us off the
face of the earth with viruses or extreme temperature change. Once we
are gone, or at least until our numbers are immensely decreased, then
Gaia will begin the healing process. Maybe new bacteria or viruses will
evolve to degrade our traces. Over time, even our contaminated nuclear
rods will be reabsorbed and molten into the center of the planet(crustal
recycling).
The bottom line is that the Earth is changing all on her own. At first,
she was a molten red glob, then a water world, then a white snowball,
and now it is both green and blue. There are lots of reasons for these
changes that do not involve humanity. Do we really think we can alter
the course of Earth's natural processes?
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