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Re:One in three fish caught never makes it to the plate – UN... by Steve44 on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @06:20AM (#17496802)
I sometimes get a little irritated at some of the "save the planet" type arguments. The planet will be just fine, it's gone through a lot of changes over the years and will continue to go through changes. One example I often show is the sea levels 16,000 BC as explained here https://www.nationalgeographic.org/maps/doggerland/ by National Geographic.

What is going to have problems is the health of the ever growing Human population. Us Humans may well be heading towards a crisis, the planet won't even notice.

BTW, I think we should be working hard to support a sustainable future for Humanity and the rest of the environment.

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Re:One in three fish caught never makes it to the plate – UN... by TheSpiceIsLife on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @06:26AM (#17496822)
The most charitable reading of ”save the planet” is: save those parts of the biosphere that might be critical to our long term survival.
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Re:One in three fish caught never makes it to the plate – UN... by jaggederest on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @01:46PM (#17500458)
The problem with that, though, is that you can't just saw those parts off and tuck them away. Cascading failure of systems is a global phenomenon.
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Re:One in three fish caught never makes it to the plate – UN... by emodendroket on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @09:45AM (#17497991)
That seems to be an almost willfully obtuse reading. Yes, obviously, Earth in some form will continue to exist whether we do anything about pollution or not.
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Re:One in three fish caught never makes it to the plate – UN... by Steve44 on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @11:18AM (#17498832)
Yes you could see it like that but my thoughts are more we are in one of the many phases the planet goes though and it is part of evolution. I still don't want it to happen any time soon, or at all really, but have an acceptance of our transient time here.
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Re:One in three fish caught never makes it to the plate – UN... by emodendroket on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @11:35AM (#17498984)
But we ourselves are ushering in the transience
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