Comments by "Colorme Dubious" (@colormedubious4747) on "The Dodo"
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@sebastianbardon391 Humans are THE penultimate apex predator on Planet Earth. There is no plant nor animal that we cannot turn into food, even the poisonous/venomous ones. That's why we're among the (if not the) most successful species (other than decay bacteria, which always win in the end). Taking prey with a rifle is no different than using knives, bows, spears, clubs, or rocks. It's simply more efficient, quicker, and cleaner. It's also quite natural. We (anatomically modern humans) have been using technology for nearly a quarter of a million years. It's just as natural as beavers building environmentally destructive dams to protect the lodges they also build. That being duly noted, would you rather be torn to shreds by a pack of wolves while still gasping for breath or taken out cleanly in about a second? Neither, of course, but I trust you got the point.
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@sebastianbardon391 A "mass extinction" occurs when the rate of extinction increases with respect to the rate of speciation. The number of major mass extinctions in the last 440 million years are estimated from as few as five to more than twenty. These differences stem from disagreement as to what constitutes an extinction event as "major", and the data chosen to measure past diversity. Therefore, there is NO "universal agreement" that we are currently experiencing one. I looked up your assertion regarding beaver dams and they benefit ONE SINGLE species of fish -- brown trout. Also noted is that dam REMOVAL benefits a broad variety of fish species. You need to learn to keep reading past only the parts you like. Yes, rats are also a successful species -- because of humans. You think that we AREN'T descended from groups of people who survived population bottlenecks and yet assert that I don't know how evolution works? Thanks for the extended bout of laughter this morning! Your act is almost ready for open-mic night. Whose education system was destroyed, again? You need to learn to read with comprehension. "Silent Spring" wasn't about CO2 emissions, it was about air and water pollution. Emissions thereof HAVE decreased dramatically since the book was published in 1962. Automobiles have become smaller, more fuel-efficient, and cleaner over the decades since, to the point that EVs are now a viable option, including transit buses. That only became possible due to five decades of efforts to reduce pollution, which is a far more difficult task than CO2 reduction, which can be ameliorated by the simple act of just planting trees, which I have done hundreds of times (I volunteered with a huge reforestation project in the 1970s). Greta has done nothing but skip school to shill about issues of which she lacks education for the benefit of political interests that do not have her best interests at heart. You didn't mention anything that you've done to help the environment. I get it, you've done literally nothing to help. You're just a troll picking fights in comment sections, parroting talking points without any understanding of the complexities of global systems. Have a lovely day and thanks for all the laughs!
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@sebastianbardon391 Not "all the scientific community' believes that we're undergoing a mass extinction. That's pure political theatre and you need to grow up and watch less of the MSM's fear porn. Tell the critters whose habitats were disrupted that beavers' actions were positive for them. Explain how reducing river flow helps fish, even though California is increasing river flows "for the fish" and why it's a bad thing when human-built dams do the exact same thing as beaver dams. You're being inconsistent and I can't see a compelling reason to take you seriously, although your mental gymnastics certainly are entertaining. Our species increased from a few thousand survivors at the last bottleneck to 7.5 billion and expanded to occupy all but one continent. I'd call that successful, as would anyone who is not committed to a weird emotionally-driven narrative. By the way, I own over 3,000 books and I've read all of them over the course of 5 decades and was reading and listening intently when "the science" of the 1990s predicted that Miami would be under water by 2010. It was a fund-raising fear tactic then. Why believe them now? Yes, it's a good idea to spew less of anything into the air we breathe, but that doesn't make it a "crisis." We've cut back sharply on emissions since "Silent Spring" was published. We've cleaned up rivers that used to catch FIRE. We've remediated countless contaminated brownfields and restored them to productive use. I've attended dozens of National Brownfields, sustainability, and GreenBuild Conferences, planning charettes, and public transportation Expos/meetings/visioning boards. I've installed solar and rainwater capture systems at my home and retrofitted it extensively to reduce its environmental footprint to that of a small birdhouse. I'll bet dollars to donuts that, just like Greta, you have done none of those things, child.
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