The UI is really not any different... if you want transparency simply buy an NVIDIA card with transparency features. A much better option and you get improved performance... I'm pretty sure ATI also has something similar.
If you look to the original commentary... Standard of living, quality of life and sustainability are the important issues. Carrying capacity in a particular environment is a delicate issue, the only certainty is that if it is exceeded the results will be catastrophic not just for the third world but the whole world. Both in the case of human quality of life, and also biodiversity. I honestly don't want the only animals my daughter will have the chance to see sitting in a cage.
I have not pulled my statements from thin air however carrying capacity is an issue of such complexity that it can be used as a tool for the wrong purposes, in particular those of the radical right. Similar to the arguments made against global warming... we all know there is no problem with global warming... because the "facts" are not known.
As for declining birth rates this is only true of the west and not the third world.
Regarding farm subsidies, I live in the heartland, my parents have a cornfield in their back yard. I understand the huge corporate give aways... and oil dependant agribusiness in the US. It is only a matter of time before the system collapses... it is ultimately unsustainable. Every day we squander so many resources...
I disagree. There are way to many humans on Earth. I am fairly certain that we have reached or exceeded carrying capacity to maintain life while preserving ecological diversity and a minimal standard of living.
As for the World Food program, it is wonderfully intentioned however giving food to the starving in places where there populations cannot subsist ultimately leads to even bigger problems down the road.
Evolution folks... the laws also apply to people.
Check out Jared Diamond's new book Collapse I think that you might find it interesting. Although he advocates a different position than my own.
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The UI is really not any different... if you want transparency simply buy an NVIDIA card with transparency features. A much better option and you get improved performance... I'm pretty sure ATI also has something similar.
If you look to the original commentary... Standard of living, quality of life and sustainability are the important issues. Carrying capacity in a particular environment is a delicate issue, the only certainty is that if it is exceeded the results will be catastrophic not just for the third world but the whole world. Both in the case of human quality of life, and also biodiversity. I honestly don't want the only animals my daughter will have the chance to see sitting in a cage. I have not pulled my statements from thin air however carrying capacity is an issue of such complexity that it can be used as a tool for the wrong purposes, in particular those of the radical right. Similar to the arguments made against global warming... we all know there is no problem with global warming... because the "facts" are not known. As for declining birth rates this is only true of the west and not the third world. Regarding farm subsidies, I live in the heartland, my parents have a cornfield in their back yard. I understand the huge corporate give aways... and oil dependant agribusiness in the US. It is only a matter of time before the system collapses... it is ultimately unsustainable. Every day we squander so many resources...
I disagree. There are way to many humans on Earth. I am fairly certain that we have reached or exceeded carrying capacity to maintain life while preserving ecological diversity and a minimal standard of living. As for the World Food program, it is wonderfully intentioned however giving food to the starving in places where there populations cannot subsist ultimately leads to even bigger problems down the road. Evolution folks... the laws also apply to people. Check out Jared Diamond's new book Collapse I think that you might find it interesting. Although he advocates a different position than my own.