As humans stay inside, nature is thriving and pollution is down. Scientists caution these changes might be temporary, but it's a reminder of our power to impact the environment.
i somehow, accidentally took a dip in one of those canals in the early mournin hours, in 30 some degree weather, after getting a tad intoxicated, and very damn lost.
thought i saw a place that looked familiar, clung to the sheer walls of buildings along a canal, and eventually slipped and fell in, 3/4's of the way there.
Thank gd or somethin it was damm cold, cause that water can be nasty! The police show up, i don't remember name of Hotel i'm staying at, then along comes some doude i met earlier in a bar, the cops release me to him, winds up he had Hash, so we get smoked up and wandered around Venice( with me freezing, as soaked ) for another hour or two, till finally found hotel. Just another day in my bazarro life...i guess.
Next time i visited Venice, it was so packed, the first night we slept in the train station.
oh yea, Happy Earth Day, as Mother Fckn Nature tries to wipe us off her planet, and rightfully so, as we have been far less than perfect custodians.
Events like this only affirms human impact on the environment and climate. To deny that is to be in a state of denial. Or intellectual dishonesty. Perhaps we have become so collectively accustomed to pollution, that we did not really notice or understand how serious it really is?
Hilarious. Got anything of value to add besides obvious snark? If you want me to set an example, I utilize solar panels for electricity, drive a small vehicle, recycle, keep my home thermostat down low, ect.. how's that?
No snark at all. Many people are being dishonest or in denial about human impact on the environment and climate, despite the evidence, which they largely dismiss. How many times have people said climate change is a hoax, or some similar nonsense?
I live in the country so I'm not impacted as much by pollution. However, it's spring, my favorite time of year and the honeysuckle is blooming. It's a good day
Ours isn't blooming yet, but doesn't it smell wonderful?
My lilac is in full bloom. I planted it 10 years ago when the weeping cherry in that spot didn't survive the winter. This is its prettiest year yet. And it smells wonderful, too.
This one was slow getting started. When I bought it, it was about the same height as me. Last year, I finally had to look up at the highest branches.
There are some in my back yard that bloom later, but have been there for years, and were thriving before I could kill them. They're doing well enough that I can cut some of the flowers to bring inside for the scent. I don't dare do that with the other one, yet.
I've been saying that for decades. It's not so much what we do as it is to many people doing it. They want us to reduce our environmental impact but it's useless if we allow the population to continue to grow, we halve our impact but double the population so there's no change at all. I don't believe we will destroy the earth though, we will come to a critical point and experience a massive human die off then the earth will go on and mankind will be reduced to 100 million give or take and hopefully be smart enough not to repeat the same stupidity. I'm not buying into the environmental idea that the earth can support 30 billion people if we all live in yurts and eat soy gruel, I'd rather be dead.
How do you feel about birth control? If we are to get a handle on this population thingy we have to start massive birth control programs and educate people in the proper way to use it.
Now I will sit back and wait for somebody to call me a Nazi or socialist or an eugenicist. Those 3 usually go hand in hand.
As living in a yurt and eating soy gruel...I'll follow you to the grave.
US population growth is entirely from immigration, the US fertility rate is below replacement at 1.84 per female. It would be even lower at 1.76 if the fertility rate for immigrants at 2.18 per female wasn't included. So we're doing well at birth control it's the developing world that is driving overpopulation. Our population is increasing quite rapidly from immigration, the USA had 300 million in 2007 and in 13 years has reached 330 million that's a 10% increase.
Birth control is not as readily available in other parts of the world. Yes, it is available in the US, but education is needed so people will use it properly.
Africa is a place where birth control and education are sorely needed. Parts of South America, India, Pakistan, etc. Any where you have high levels of poverty you need readily available birth control and sex education.
I have heard that Mother Earth is quietly healing herself at this time. If only when we get back to our lives we realize the harm that can be prevented to her with just a little thought.
I used to live near Fairbanks Alaska and the Sky was so clear at night you could see satellites early in the evening. The sun reflects off them making them look like dim stars but you can tell they're satellites because as the earth turns all the stars move slowly in one direction but the satellites stay still.
I lived there at Eielson AFB from 1987 to 1990. Those skies at night were wonderful especially when the Aurora Borealis came out to play. I don't know if I ever saw a satellite tho
I lived in Moose Creek right next door to Eielson AFB in 1999-2000 (right next to the Bluff). It's hard to tell what "stars" are satellites since the sky moves so slowly but when a star and the satellite are close together you can see the movement in relation to each other more clearly, then once you've found one it will be in that area of the sky every night so it's easy to find again.
My Aunt Uncle and cousins lived in Moose Creek when you lived there you didn't happen to know anybody named Sweet. My Uncle Bud Sweet worked at Eielson he was career Airforce and my aunt Drenna and my cousins Mark and Alison were 18-22 around the time you lived there.
I'm not sure he would have been an Administrator of some sort, he was in the lions club and used to run a Toastmasters club where members would practice writing and making speeches. When I lived there he had already passed and I was staying with my aunt, they lived in Alaska since 1962 and even lived in Anchorage during the big earthquake in 64.
stars move slowly in one direction but the satellites stay still.
What Zukam stated meant he was witnessing geosynchronous satellites, why you didn't notice many satellites back then, in Alaska, was there wasn't much need for circumpolar satellites, the ones you would occasionally see were typically Russian.
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I just had to post this to show man's effect on the earth and how quickly it would return back, if we just gave it a chance.
Look at that water in Venice.... amazing!
i somehow, accidentally took a dip in one of those canals in the early mournin hours, in 30 some degree weather, after getting a tad intoxicated, and very damn lost.
thought i saw a place that looked familiar, clung to the sheer walls of buildings along a canal, and eventually slipped and fell in, 3/4's of the way there.
Thank gd or somethin it was damm cold, cause that water can be nasty! The police show up, i don't remember name of Hotel i'm staying at, then along comes some doude i met earlier in a bar, the cops release me to him, winds up he had Hash, so we get smoked up and wandered around Venice( with me freezing, as soaked ) for another hour or two, till finally found hotel. Just another day in my bazarro life...i guess.
Next time i visited Venice, it was so packed, the first night we slept in the train station.
oh yea, Happy Earth Day, as Mother Fckn Nature tries to wipe us off her planet, and rightfully so, as we have been far less than perfect custodians.
Events like this only affirms human impact on the environment and climate. To deny that is to be in a state of denial. Or intellectual dishonesty. Perhaps we have become so collectively accustomed to pollution, that we did not really notice or understand how serious it really is?
Hilarious. Got anything of value to add besides obvious snark? If you want me to set an example, I utilize solar panels for electricity, drive a small vehicle, recycle, keep my home thermostat down low, ect.. how's that?
You are...
No snark at all. Many people are being dishonest or in denial about human impact on the environment and climate, despite the evidence, which they largely dismiss. How many times have people said climate change is a hoax, or some similar nonsense?
Not at all. Neither have I ever claimed to be either of those things. But it was said I should set an example, so I did.
Btw, your link doesn't work.
It's not about me disagreeing. It's about those who disagree, or outright dismiss, evidence related to human impact on the environment.
I live in the country so I'm not impacted as much by pollution. However, it's spring, my favorite time of year and the honeysuckle is blooming. It's a good day
Ours isn't blooming yet, but doesn't it smell wonderful?
My lilac is in full bloom. I planted it 10 years ago when the weeping cherry in that spot didn't survive the winter. This is its prettiest year yet. And it smells wonderful, too.
I love lilac. Some people around here have great luck with them. I planted one and it died
This one was slow getting started. When I bought it, it was about the same height as me. Last year, I finally had to look up at the highest branches.
There are some in my back yard that bloom later, but have been there for years, and were thriving before I could kill them. They're doing well enough that I can cut some of the flowers to bring inside for the scent. I don't dare do that with the other one, yet.
I have not brought it up for a while but, overpopulation needs to be addressed
I've been saying that for decades. It's not so much what we do as it is to many people doing it. They want us to reduce our environmental impact but it's useless if we allow the population to continue to grow, we halve our impact but double the population so there's no change at all. I don't believe we will destroy the earth though, we will come to a critical point and experience a massive human die off then the earth will go on and mankind will be reduced to 100 million give or take and hopefully be smart enough not to repeat the same stupidity. I'm not buying into the environmental idea that the earth can support 30 billion people if we all live in yurts and eat soy gruel, I'd rather be dead.
How do you feel about birth control? If we are to get a handle on this population thingy we have to start massive birth control programs and educate people in the proper way to use it.
Now I will sit back and wait for somebody to call me a Nazi or socialist or an eugenicist. Those 3 usually go hand in hand.
As living in a yurt and eating soy gruel...I'll follow you to the grave.
US population growth is entirely from immigration, the US fertility rate is below replacement at 1.84 per female. It would be even lower at 1.76 if the fertility rate for immigrants at 2.18 per female wasn't included. So we're doing well at birth control it's the developing world that is driving overpopulation. Our population is increasing quite rapidly from immigration, the USA had 300 million in 2007 and in 13 years has reached 330 million that's a 10% increase.
Birth control is not as readily available in other parts of the world. Yes, it is available in the US, but education is needed so people will use it properly.
Africa is a place where birth control and education are sorely needed. Parts of South America, India, Pakistan, etc. Any where you have high levels of poverty you need readily available birth control and sex education.
And in some places, birth control is discouraged or even disallowed.
And it didn't help when George Bush cut off funding to those areas of the world because he didn't want any of that funding going for abortions.
Lovely sentiment.
You should care. Mindless breeding is a strain on earth's resources
I have heard that Mother Earth is quietly healing herself at this time. If only when we get back to our lives we realize the harm that can be prevented to her with just a little thought.
If we could just do something about light pollution. I would really love to see the night sky the way it's meant to be seen
There are some places where light pollution is decreasedoing because of quarantine measures.
Why would that be?
Because many businesses have closed. Or close early. Especially businesses with social gatherings.
Here's a vacay idea for you in that regards
I would love to go there. I would even camp in a tent. And take my telescope
I used to live near Fairbanks Alaska and the Sky was so clear at night you could see satellites early in the evening. The sun reflects off them making them look like dim stars but you can tell they're satellites because as the earth turns all the stars move slowly in one direction but the satellites stay still.
I lived there at Eielson AFB from 1987 to 1990. Those skies at night were wonderful especially when the Aurora Borealis came out to play. I don't know if I ever saw a satellite tho
Lol don't forget the margaritas
Nah, it's all good. The effect might still be less noticable in larger cities or population centers.
I lived in Moose Creek right next door to Eielson AFB in 1999-2000 (right next to the Bluff). It's hard to tell what "stars" are satellites since the sky moves so slowly but when a star and the satellite are close together you can see the movement in relation to each other more clearly, then once you've found one it will be in that area of the sky every night so it's easy to find again.
We use to eat pizza at a place called the Moose Den
My Aunt Uncle and cousins lived in Moose Creek when you lived there you didn't happen to know anybody named Sweet. My Uncle Bud Sweet worked at Eielson he was career Airforce and my aunt Drenna and my cousins Mark and Alison were 18-22 around the time you lived there.
No, I didn't know them, that I can remember. Where did your uncle work on the base?
I'm not sure he would have been an Administrator of some sort, he was in the lions club and used to run a Toastmasters club where members would practice writing and making speeches. When I lived there he had already passed and I was staying with my aunt, they lived in Alaska since 1962 and even lived in Anchorage during the big earthquake in 64.
What Zukam stated meant he was witnessing geosynchronous satellites, why you didn't notice many satellites back then, in Alaska, was there wasn't much need for circumpolar satellites, the ones you would occasionally see were typically Russian.
This is what the "Green New Deal" needs in order to work.
Isn't this fun ?
This article is not political. Please keep it that way.
Is the "Green New Deal" really a political thing, or just a human dream for some ?
Wow. Amazing isn't it.