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| What's this? A bizarre construct that photosynthesizes carbon dioxide into oxygen and water? Who would have known?
*cuts down every tree* :smug: However successful these artificial "plants" are, they will lack the massive amount of biodiversity people are decimating at a horrifying rate--whether its the oceans, rainforests, savanna or whatever environment, the damage to these scarce and incredibly unique resources will not be reversible at this rate. Technology cannot supplant nature; this wilderness that man has long since struggled against cannot be called an enemy, since the very technology that seeks to triumph over nature must work in tandem if we are to achieve any meaningful and sustainable research. Anyone who has heard about any of the breakthroughs discovered with the aid of some obscure organism in the rainforest knows this, but first and foremost as a researcher I think this wanton destruction will achieve nothing but stifle potential research. Sorry about this rant, but although I have no doubts that alternate energy research like this is valuable, people are taking one step forward and two steps back when they just jump onto every new mindset and forget obvious knowledge that prior research has afforded us. |
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Arisu Member game over. Level: 22 Posts: 32/85 EXP: 52206 For next: 6144 Since: 03-09-10 Since last post: 11.7 years Last activity: 12.0 years
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Originally posted by Metal_Man88 I don't quite understand what you're saying, but I'm almost definite that the major deforestation of the Amazon rainforest was only possible once people had the technological ability to exert a huge amount of force over a massive section of the rainforests; the perpetrators are not "people" per se or even government entities, but corporate entities without any national allegiance trying to make a quick buck. However, I feel discouraged that none of the industrialized countries who spend far more on pettier (and less profitable and productive) fail to intervene or buy out the land from the governments who own it--both to limit damages, as well for research purposes, and to protect the heritages of any native peoples that might still exist. Academics aren't off the hook either though, and while they cling to their journals which charge all too much and hide in their cloistered ivory towers, less intelligent people are making it big in a very reckless way--often using the knowledge garnered solely by academia (to murky ends in the case of the Black-Scholes equation)! It's not uncommon for academics to do consulting, but generally they seem to take a very backseat sort of command at best. However, this is not to say that academics have some sort of intrinsic inability to do business as the creators of Google and the E-Ink panel have shown. If you mean some sort of Malthusian population trap, most of the industrialized nations have a decreasing population trend and developing countries may in fact have a increasing population trend, but historically this has tapered off with industrialization and development, because families aren't required to churn out babies to compensate for a rapid death rate; knowledge about safe sex and this general newfound stability also contributes to more conservative parents. Of course there's always space, but I for one am rather fond of this tiny speck in the universe. |
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Rena I had one (1) message in Discord deleted and proceeded to make a huge, huge mess about how it was a violation of free speech and how moderators are supposed to be spam janitors and nobody should have the right to tell me not to talk about school shootings Level: 135 Posts: 2931/5390 EXP: 29075535 For next: 259470 Since: 07-22-07 Pronouns: he/him/whatever From: RSP Segment 6 Since last post: 342 days Last activity: 342 days
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03-20-10 03:14:09 PM Post #2931 All of it? As in 100% efficiency? 
I'm really hoping this turns into a new, renewable fuel source that actually helps the environment instead of just being bought up by oil companies and never seen again (most energy tech) or turned into a "green" product that's actually just as bad as the alternatives (modern electric cars).  ____________________  why not? |
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