[Greenbuilding] Get to work or I'll eatcha

[Corwyn]

On Jun 13, 2007, at 11:16, Rob Tom wrote:

> I remember long, long ago when the shoreline of the Bay of Quinte near 
> my
> childhood home used get ripe with a carpet of algae every summer.

This seems such a typical human response (nowadays anyway).  Some 
natural system is perceived to be 'wrong'.  Some quick fix to the 
symptoms is proposed, implemented, and turns out to be at least as bad 
a problem as the original.  All this without asking what would seem to 
be the essential questions:

1) Is there really a problem?  That is, is the situation out of balance 
as a natural ecosystem, or is it just not as man wants it?

2) If there is a problem, how does the problem situation differ from a 
properly working natural system?

3) What is the cause of this difference?

4) How can this cause be remedied so that the system returns to balance?


I have a friend who is proposing launching sun blocking satellites to 
cure the global climate change problem.  I am unable to convince him 
that he will then have two problems, not one.

Thank You Kindly,

Corwyn