We are in the midst of the latest (6th) Extinction Period in history: And it’s man made


I keep hearing this, but not on mainstream news. At least not enough. The scientists don't want to scare people. This, above all else, makes me hate the human race and my role in it.

I've said for a bit now that we're in trouble and I heard it again on an NPR program featuring a population researcher, a PhD for the record, that our growth is out of control and it's the reason we're losing species from myriad causes. Here is an excerpt from the researcher's website about what scientists were saying in 1993:

"In 1993, fifty-six of the world's scientific academies (including the U.S. National Academy) came together in a "Scientific Summit" on world population. The conference was an out growth of two earlier meetings, one by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the other by the Royal Society of London and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. At both meetings, urgent concern was expressed for the expanding world population and a commitment was made to continue discourse on matters related to population growth. The resulting 1993 Science Summit—the first large-scale collaborative activity ever undertaken by the world's scientific academies—set as its primary goal the formulation of a statement to be presented at the International Conference on Population and Development in 1994. The statement, reprinted below, underscores the need for government policies and initiatives that will help achieve "zero population growth within the lifetime of our children."

http://www.dominantanimal.com/index.php?page_id=285

Cut and paste to go there for more info. It's a pretty interesting statement. His book sounds interesting, albeit depressing, too.

We, realistically, are fucked. And our future generations will live in a hell we cannot begin to understand. But vote McCain anyway. It's not like there is another candidate who has a better option for our future, say getting off fossil fuels and investing 150 billion dollars in greening our country. (hint: Obama pledged that).

-jp