The thing is, we are very fu#kin' culpa, and the sooner we come to grips with that notion the sooner we can begin to effect change. We are on the verge of a global catastrope, and to quote Doug R, "The sky IS falling." What we are facing is the Hard Rain ol' Bobbie talked about. This is NOT going away all by itself. The environmental disaster we face will make The Flood look like a warmup for the full meal deal. If it is already too late, I would like to think that some new homosapien sapien in a future world will retrieve our remains and artifacts and be able to piece together that we tried to alter the course of events in a positive manner. I saw 55 below zero once in the Arctic. I don't even want to imagine that without heat. And I don't think I have the guts to watch children starve to death, not if I'm thinking that the people of my time were so preoccupied with TVs and hairdryers, we allowed the worst to happen. Don't mean to preach. Sorry if it sounds that way. Basically, our planet is in deep shit, and we better realize it soon (read, right now).

Bruce M