tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2329477528114048060.post2800080372963288462..comments2023-04-16T06:25:13.475-07:00Comments on Spot and Talk: Evolution..Sathiyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09746552625257111509noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2329477528114048060.post-37248760627518038332009-08-05T07:57:49.212-07:002009-08-05T07:57:49.212-07:00@Narayan There is another huge carbon sink - the o...@Narayan There is another huge carbon sink - the oceans. Every year oceans absorb billion of tons of CO2 in the atmosphere. At the rate in which CO2 levels are rising in the seas, marine life is going to be affected big time. Tomorrow might never come, but "the day after tomorrow" is gonna come for sure :DJagdish Chanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05240596988196100076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2329477528114048060.post-19521574304212945752009-08-04T09:28:03.508-07:002009-08-04T09:28:03.508-07:00@sat- the 2012 doomsday prophecy is a Mayan Predic...@sat- the 2012 doomsday prophecy is a Mayan Prediction based on something called a long count calender- they based it on the precession cycle of the earth. The Mayans said that the Earth will end in a large flood which is in a codex called the "Dresden Codex". It just so happens that around 2012 the equatorial plane of the Earth, Sun and the Milky Way Galaxy will be inline. All the conspiracy theories are unfounded really. There are technologies to siphon arsenic and mercury from groundwater- so we can fight that if we really need to. What I am worried about is the Amazon in South America experiencing a prolonged drought. The reason is that the Amazon is the biggest carbon sink in the world today, and if on a hot summer's day a fire is triggered and, if the Amazon has a prolonged drought, then all that carbon fixed in the trees will end up as CO2 and ash and dust- causing a cataclysmic rise in temperature- then the poles melting is just the beginning.<br /><br />Climate change is already underway- we can't change a system which is inherently unpredictable- a chaotic system. This small change will trigger changes rapidly and will spiral out of control.Narayan the fourthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915895508787754314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2329477528114048060.post-36023819860507117132009-08-04T08:26:26.309-07:002009-08-04T08:26:26.309-07:00@Jagdish
We have lost this battle mainly because ...@Jagdish <br />We have lost this battle mainly because we are/were obsessed with making money to screw literally other people or forcing authority on other weaker ones. We already have all the sophisticated technology to win over climate change and other forms of pollutions. But we don't do it because if one country try, it will lose its economic hegemony. <br /><br />In the name of capitalism so as to maintain superiority over other human species, we are literally digging holes for humans (ourselves) who are gonna be sucked up by atmosphere very soon. There is something called 2012 doomsday theory, I am not quiet fond of it but they were theorizing a lot.sathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241339332245040909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2329477528114048060.post-87293681831114445712009-08-04T08:14:42.855-07:002009-08-04T08:14:42.855-07:00@Sat: Some scientists (and me too along with them)...@Sat: Some scientists (and me too along with them) believe that we have already lost the war on climate change. We crossed the point of no return sometime back and the only thing we can do now is prolong the battle. Lets hope someone comes up with a brilliant invention to suck up all the CO2. If not, serves us right for looting and plundering every natural resource in sight.<br /><br />By the way, even if climate change doesnt wipe us out, I guess massive air and groundwater pollution with heavy metals will do us in. Cadmium, lead and arsenic sponges anyone?Jagdish Chanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05240596988196100076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2329477528114048060.post-78162305639907563552009-08-04T07:47:22.899-07:002009-08-04T07:47:22.899-07:00Well written once again!
Social class will exist i...Well written once again!<br />Social class will exist in the form of countries such as majority of Indians providing service, Americans be financiers, Chinese being goods producers. Society always adjust to the changing landscape of economic conditions. Indian hierarchy that is caste system is one of the worst form of hierarchical system but I don't think that kind of system will prevail instead better class system where power is equally distributed will emerge.<br /><br />Look at the economic evolution itself, we started off from monarchy system of economy, then experimented aggressive communism in Soviet era, then Anglo Saxon model of capitalism in US and UK. That model also collapsed so economist are now arguing for a different model which may eventually represent nordic model that is the mixture of capitalism and socialism. If that also collapse we will invent something else to survive until our race extinct but how fast we change to better equip ourselves to counter natural disaster is the difficult question. Climate change is challenging human race for a while but we are stubborn to change. Sometimes, we ignore our survival to kill other species that is what is happening in case of climate change, just for economic benefits we are ignoring our survival at risk to reap the economic benefits.sathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241339332245040909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2329477528114048060.post-90250437079567940862009-08-04T07:46:11.486-07:002009-08-04T07:46:11.486-07:00@ Jagdish- Thanks a lot for the kind words! Regard...@ Jagdish- Thanks a lot for the kind words! Regarding the last sentence, we could use a kick up the backside (:P) !Narayan the fourthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915895508787754314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2329477528114048060.post-24569957261045582472009-08-04T05:39:23.734-07:002009-08-04T05:39:23.734-07:00"300" was a superb movie. Spartan societ..."300" was a superb movie. Spartan society seemed to really go by Nature's rules in many aspects. Mainly the one about discarding unhealthy/deformed babies.<br /><br />About the post, I must really commend your line of thinking and the ability to put that in words. Simply mind blowing. So is democracy the final product of evolution in terms of human government? Looks to be the case. At times (read coalition times) I ve felt that India needs a strong dictator who has the country s real needs at heart :)Jagdish Chanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05240596988196100076noreply@blogger.com