But this long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.
- John Maynard Keynes
Its no very helpful to say eventually over population will sort itself out. The point of these sorts of reports is want to avoid all the misery that usually accompanies systems balancing themselves "naturally".
Maybe we should move to a radical new idea. People PAY (money!!!) for the goods and services they consume, instead of being subsidised by a third party (i.e. advertisers), who will be deciding for you what you should see! The one bad thing about the internet (well probably one of the bad things) is that people expect things to be free. Some one some where contributed his or her time, and that person(s) has to live. Of course, companies over charge ridiclously when charging for info (think CD's and DVD's), but directly (rather than indirectly through a higher cost of goods because the money need to pay for advertising which pays for what you're using) is always the best option.
No one (in the comments I've read, seems to have mention the role that rain plays in washing CO2 out of the atmosphere. Its part of the feedback cycle. Increase CO2 warms the atmosphere, so there is more water vapour capacity in the atmosphere, more rain, and more more CO2 is dissolved in the rain water. Of course I think we get a build of dissolved CO2 in the oceans, so maybe that's a problem too.
Also, the increased rain washes other particulate matter out of the atmopsphere, particles which are currently reflecting sunlight back into space. So the atmosphere washing effect will probably increase incoming solar radiation. Maybe we should just tackle the root cause?
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But this long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead. - John Maynard Keynes Its no very helpful to say eventually over population will sort itself out. The point of these sorts of reports is want to avoid all the misery that usually accompanies systems balancing themselves "naturally".
Maybe we should move to a radical new idea. People PAY (money!!!) for the goods and services they consume, instead of being subsidised by a third party (i.e. advertisers), who will be deciding for you what you should see! The one bad thing about the internet (well probably one of the bad things) is that people expect things to be free. Some one some where contributed his or her time, and that person(s) has to live. Of course, companies over charge ridiclously when charging for info (think CD's and DVD's), but directly (rather than indirectly through a higher cost of goods because the money need to pay for advertising which pays for what you're using) is always the best option.
No one (in the comments I've read, seems to have mention the role that rain plays in washing CO2 out of the atmosphere. Its part of the feedback cycle. Increase CO2 warms the atmosphere, so there is more water vapour capacity in the atmosphere, more rain, and more more CO2 is dissolved in the rain water. Of course I think we get a build of dissolved CO2 in the oceans, so maybe that's a problem too. Also, the increased rain washes other particulate matter out of the atmopsphere, particles which are currently reflecting sunlight back into space. So the atmosphere washing effect will probably increase incoming solar radiation. Maybe we should just tackle the root cause?