OT and long WARNING: political overtones

Posted by philcaseinWPA on December 13, 2007 at 07:48:40 from (146.186.54.125):

In Reply to: Save the world???? posted by Nebraska Cowman on December 12, 2007 at 16:10:53:

I was a Biology major in the late 60's. I had a class in human ecology. I was there on the first Earthday. I've seen all kinds of dire predictions. I even believed them. I finished my degree and even earned an MS in biology. Here are some observations from the last 40 years:

1. We did not all die from pollution, global cooling, over population, use of pesticides, use of coal, or anything else. Rather in most modern cultures we are living longer and healthier lives. Cancer is not more prevalent, just more people are living longer and thus getting cancer. If you can survive everything else cancer will get you.

2. Modern agriculture has not resulted in famine and starvation. Rather we are able to produce more with less, and at a consumer price less than what it cost 40 years ago (certainly with inflation adjusted and often without considering inflation).

3. Politicians and activists are still politicians and activists. They have their own agenda and don't let the facts get in the way. Usually this involves putting money into their own pockets.

4. Celebrities still do not have credentials in the areas of their 'causes' but are believed by the large majority of the sheople because they get on tv.

5. Capitalism and a strong United States defense did not lead to a nuclear war. Rather a robust capitalist economy led to the economic collapse of communist USSR and the end of the cold war. We are safer today from a WWIII nuclear war than any time in the last 40 years. (Beware of China) This is not to say limited use of nuclear weapons won't be used on us or someone else by terrorist or other rouge nation but all out world destruction by all out nuclear war is unlikely today if not just impossible. Also remember MAD really did work during the cold war.

6. The evil capitalist west with all it's evil money and greed is the only economic system with enough wealth to clean up after itself, provide a better life style for it's citizens, have enough resources to to identify problems and invest enough in research to find solutions.

7. This doesn't mean we continue on blindly and blissfully as we always have, and we haven't. We are more aware of our environment, more conscientious about waste and pollution and more concerned about our health. We still have problems and we create new ones as we solve old ones but let's not throw out the baby with the bath water.

Cowman, sorry for maybe hijacking your post but I got started on a rant and couldn't stop.

Phil Eat right, exercise, die anyway!

disclaimer: The opinions expressed are solely those of philcaseinWPA and should not be considered as fact or truth. Actually philcaseinWPA is not even sure of his opinions sometimes.

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