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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
What other species has had even a tiny fraction of the influence on the environment that humans have had?
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What I think is really funny is that you make this claim, then refute it 2 lines further down your post with perhaps the greatest influence on Earths environment - ever
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All of life has affected the earth -- there was no oxygen in the atmosphere before plants evolved and could split water through photosynthesis.
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You do realize O2 made life unbearable for some organisms ?
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We need to take full responsibility for what we have done.
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But we won't, and we'll have to pay the price for it sooner or later.
Even the most minute and educed impact is blown over the top with 7 billion of us on the planet.
Just about all SF writers start with a planet devoid of resources and too many people.
Looks like it won't be SF after all, but reality.