Comments on: Bill Maher: Abolish Earth Day. Make every day Earth Day. http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/04/22/bill-maher-abolish-earth-day-make-every-day-earth-day/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:39:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Erika Price http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/04/22/bill-maher-abolish-earth-day-make-every-day-earth-day/#comment-11957 Erika Price Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:20:47 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1242#comment-11957 I'd like to bring attention to Maher's mention of adaptation. Unfortunately, we don't just have the choice of change our ways v. adapt. We currently see the environmental brunt of industrialization, over a hundred years ago. Already, we see a noticeable change in the way we must live- more extreme temperatures, more environmental disasters. This means that our current poor environmental action <i>will</i> come back to bite us in a century or so, even if we halted the growth of emissions immediately. Thus, we need to adapt <i>and</i> change our ways- we have to prepare to deal with the damage our species has already done, while simultaneously preventing further harm. That might mean we will need the "sea walls" Maher speaks of, even if we <i>do</i> begin to behave responsibly. I’d like to bring attention to Maher’s mention of adaptation. Unfortunately, we don’t just have the choice of change our ways v. adapt. We currently see the environmental brunt of industrialization, over a hundred years ago. Already, we see a noticeable change in the way we must live- more extreme temperatures, more environmental disasters. This means that our current poor environmental action will come back to bite us in a century or so, even if we halted the growth of emissions immediately.

Thus, we need to adapt and change our ways- we have to prepare to deal with the damage our species has already done, while simultaneously preventing further harm. That might mean we will need the “sea walls” Maher speaks of, even if we do begin to behave responsibly.

]]> By: Ben http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/04/22/bill-maher-abolish-earth-day-make-every-day-earth-day/#comment-11951 Ben Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:10:11 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1242#comment-11951 I wonder if this is the same rationale behind those who want to abolish MLK day. I wonder if this is the same rationale behind those who want to abolish MLK day.

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