It could tens of thousands of years for all the niches to re-fill. And because ecological niches are defined in large part by what life is already around, the new species that arise won't be the same as the ones we are used too and benefit from.
Right! And, of course, we are right now living on a planet where by a huge stroke of coincidence, the only species of life forms we can ever benefit from are available in abundance!
And the human survivors living in the depleted, impoverished ecosystems we leave behind will utterly despise us for our careless, irresponsible, wasteful ways.
And pray why would none of the new species that arise be useful to man? History seems to indicate that man has been remarkably innovative in deriving benefit from every resource available. A little too innovative, some people might argue. Why do you think this will stop with the evolution of new species?
> Standards compliance is for weenies. I don't
> give a shit about standards compliance as long
> as my browser works with the sites I visit.
The only reason your browser (any browser) works with the sites you visit is because there is some semblance of standards-compilance in effect presently. I only hope Microsoft doesn't take your statement too seriously... or the day won't be too far when webmasters would have to maintain separate versions of the pages for every supported browser!
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It could tens of thousands of years for all the niches to re-fill. And because ecological niches are defined in large part by what life is already around, the new species that arise won't be the same as the ones we are used too and benefit from.
Right! And, of course, we are right now living on a planet where by a huge stroke of coincidence, the only species of life forms we can ever benefit from are available in abundance!
And the human survivors living in the depleted, impoverished ecosystems we leave behind will utterly despise us for our careless, irresponsible, wasteful ways.
And pray why would none of the new species that arise be useful to man? History seems to indicate that man has been remarkably innovative in deriving benefit from every resource available. A little too innovative, some people might argue. Why do you think this will stop with the evolution of new species?
> Standards compliance is for weenies. I don't
> give a shit about standards compliance as long
> as my browser works with the sites I visit.
The only reason your browser (any browser) works with the sites you visit is because there is some semblance of standards-compilance in effect presently. I only hope Microsoft doesn't take your statement too seriously... or the day won't be too far when webmasters would have to maintain separate versions of the pages for every supported browser!