http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/50554460...ience-science/
"Either we limit our population growth or the natural world will do it for us, and the natural world is doing it for us right now," he said.
Pollution from our vehicles, carbon monoxide and dioxide from numerous sources. Originally Posted by UB9IB6I love it when liberals demonstrate their utter lack of even basic education in elementary school science.
Paul R. Ehrlich wrote the book "The Population Bomb" in 1968, predicting this bullshit. He was wrong.It is not a matter of killing those alive, it is a matter of manging the future...much like entitlements. Had you read the whole article , you would not have had to turn to such a ignorant question.
So, the question is, who do we kill first? I'm asking for volunteers.
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This problem is just like the problem with entitlements...it is not that we have a problem, it is that we will have a huge problem in the future.
The truth is, there is plenty of food, plenty of land. The problem is not too many people, it is too many corrupt dictators and not enough freedom. Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy
I love it when liberals demonstrate their utter lack of even basic education in elementary school science.You missed the point, asshole.
I love it even more when they demonstrate it in public.
And I get positively ORGASMIC when they're this clearly PROUD of being deliberately, willfully ignorant.
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And then I get a little sad, because the fact that such ignorance is so widespread says horrible things about the state of basic education in the United States of America.
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The carbon cycle used to be taught in elementary school life science. It was taught again in middle school life science, and AGAIN in high school biology. It was taught YET AGAIN at college level, although most people don't go to college, and a lot of the ones who do don't take biology.
The basic concept of the carbon cycle is this: animals breathe in oxygen, use it to burn food, and exhale carbon dioxide. During the day, plants take up carbon dioxide, water, and energy, in the form of sunlight, and use that to make food, for animals, and oxygen.
The basic chemistry can be oversimplified as:
6 CO2 + 6 H2O + energy --> C6H12O6 + 3 O2
That's carbon dioxide and water on the left, SUGAR (carbohydrate) and oxygen on the right. The reaction binds energy in the sugar molecule.
The reaction goes both ways, of course. Animals eat sugar and inhale oxygen; they exhale carbon dioxide and pass water in various ways. The digestion process releases energy, which the animal uses to continue living.
Summary: Carbon dioxide is NOT A POLLUTANT. It is the raw material for plant growth. It is what grows wheat, corn, cabbage, avocadoes, you name it.
This is what makes carbon dioxide sequestration an idiotic policy: it is throwing food away, PERMANENTLY. It is also what makes corn-based ethanol an idiotic policy: it is BURNING FOOD. Originally Posted by Sidewinder