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Originally Posted by xelasnave
To Wulfgah
You don't fill me with hope as I strangely suspect you really do know what you are talking about..
My positive attitude is somewhat stalled
Still we must go on.
But will more trees help
Output won't stop so what do we do
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I'm more pessimistic about mankind collectively addressing the problem. Humanity is greedy, dishonest and will bury truth when it is inconvenient. Some things are silly though, SUV's for example can have up to double the carbon footprint of the old style sedans that service the requirements of a general use vehicle quite well. Then standard family car is now a 2.5 tonne SUV rather than the old style 1.5 tonne sedan which by compassion is a frugal vehicle. Best remembered the Ford model T weighed 700 kg. All this extra weight emits carbon needlessly in the majority of cases.
The could preserve our environment and our lifestyle simply by being less careless.
Eventually after a few hundred years the industrial age as we know will come to an end when advances in technology can no longer cope with dwindling resources.
But will Mankind and other species survive it?
Presently I drive a Ford BA Wagon so I can carry Astro stuff. The Falcon might be a tacky car but has amazing fuel efficiency for what used to be considered a large car and I have the dedicated LPG version a that. But these vehicles have been deleted and I'll be forced to replace it's capability with an idiot SUV. I drive about 66 km round trip to work but don't put my foot down either. I leave early for work so I drive easy, while watching idiot SUV's tear around at high acceleration.