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it has been said,
if we leave things alone the world will rebuild itself in about five
years....
Yanni Marinated
S/V Princess Thalia
Hamilton
www.yannismarine.ca
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From: "Rit" <>
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Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 11:05 PM
Subject: lv-ab: the answer?
>I apologize, in advance for my grimness, but it's hard to hold my tongue on
> this one.............
>
> IMHO, I think we have passed the point of no return in achieving our
> global
> balance with nature.
>
> Each and every one of us feels we have a right to have the things that oil
> and chemicals produce. We, as a race, are not going to change. We love
> the
> benefits of oil and the chemical industries.
>
> The truth is that the biosphere can't continue to support us or our dirty
> habit of burning up everything in sight. The harsh fact is that there are
> way too many humans on the planet, producing way too much CO2 and other
> pollutants. Only war, famine or some other plague can slow the wild
> population growths and higher levels of pollution coming.
>
> I think it's a race to see if the human race can mutate fast enough to
> adapt
> to the extremely polluted environment we are creating. If we can't, then
> the natural order of things will wipe the human race off the planet and
> grow
> weeds over our "civilizations"
>
> We and our descendants face a real nightmare of rising seas, polluted air,
> barren seas, wildlife kill off and a host of other surprises from our last
> 150 years of the industrial revolution.
>
> Being sailors, we see, first hand the changes in the oceans, lakes, rivers
> and streams. I see fellow mariners polluting and caring nothing about the
> marvelous sea they are floating on.
>
> What is the answer? I only wish I knew.
>
> Do you have one?
>
>
> Rit
>
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> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 8:42 PM
> To: LIVE_ABOARD
> Subject: lv-ab: Ethanol
>
> Let's see now.
> 10 BILLION bucks per year. That's what we are
> currently giving to the oil companies to foster
> "alternative energy research".
> Even assuming 700 bucks per 125 watt Kyocera
> solar panel that would pay for 14,285,714 and a
> fraction panels. Even if we assume only getting
> HALF the rated power for 4 hour a day, that is
> 130,357 MEGA watt hours every year.
> I think...
> And that number will be added to the total EVERY
> YEAR!
>
>
> So. How much carbon dioxide production would THAT
> eliminate?
> I bet a lot more than the oil companies will ever
> 'develop'.
>
>
> Eric Thompson
> S/V Procrastinator
> South San Francisco
>
>
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