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To: bentway who wrote (184938)	4/11/2006 2:13:07 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

If I remember correctly there are no more 'wild' lions because they really all live in parks. Add in extinct (drowned) polar bears, whales, non-PCB laced fishies of all kinds plus the gazillion unknown species mowed down in the Amazon rainforest. I've always thought it was interesting that due to human agriculture (lots of the exact same crop on acre after acre of land), we're making it much easier for insect pests to thrive. We're providing them easy munching. I wonder if this is true of viruses, bacteria, etc. By killing diversity everywhere and making everything (including us) the same the world over, a single virus or bacteria could just sweep through without a hitch. We really do lots of things to harm ourselves...we are a strange species LOL.

To: bentway who wrote (184938)	4/11/2006 8:46:39 PM
From: GPS Info	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I'm sure we can cram many more humans on the globe, but do we really want to? Is that the future we want for ourselves? I may have fouled up the format of that post: I started with Maurice’s comments and I finished his thought so that I could reply to it - in context. I personally believe that we need to rein-in the growth of the world’s population. I also believe we need to find sustainable methods of consumption. I would like to maintain as much of our flora and fauna as humanly possible.