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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (107169)	8/9/2005 1:12:32 AM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I realize it is comforting to think that humans haven't almost totally destroyed the planet, and I agree that weather patterns are complex, and climates can change suddenly. But I think that is all a vast right-wing conspiracy so that big corporations can continue to rape and plunder and profit, though. I am sure we disagree about that! Did you read what the shuttle astronauts are saying about what earth looks like from outer space? I think that regardless of things in nature that might be out of control, we are actively ruining our environment. Even Bush acknowledged recently that human activity played a role in global warming. He just said the American economy couldn't afford to be involved in an environmental cleanup effort (the Kyoto treaty). I think that is the height of selfishness, really. The world is going to hell in a hand basket, and we're concerned about our economy mostly. So typically Republican and short-sighted! Environmental damage seen from shuttle Aug 4, 1:14 PM (ET) By Jeff Franks HOUSTON (Reuters) - Commander Eileen Collins said astronauts on shuttle Discovery had seen widespread environmental destruction on Earth and warned on Thursday that greater care was needed to protect natural resources. Her comments came as NASA pondered whether to send astronauts out on an extra spacewalk to repair additional heat-protection damage on the first shuttle mission since the 2003 Columbia disaster. Discovery is linked with the International Space Station and orbiting 220 miles above the Earth. "Sometimes you can see how there is erosion, and you can see how there is deforestation. It's very widespread in some parts of the world," Collins said in a conversation from space with Japanese officials in Tokyo, including Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. "We would like to see, from the astronauts' point of view, people take good care of the Earth and replace the resources that have been used," said Collins, who was standing with Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi in front of a Japanese flag and holding a colorful fan. Collins, flying her fourth shuttle mission, said the view from space made clear that Earth's atmosphere must be protected, too. "The atmosphere almost looks like an eggshell on an egg, it's so very thin," she said. "We know that we don't have much air, we need to protect what we have." reuters.myway.com