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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (79028)	9/14/2006 12:57:51 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 362350

Well,OK. One more for you and Dusty. Good night. I mean it. totoneila on Wednesday September 13, 2006 at 4:45 PM EST Hello TODers, More Speculation ahead! Most of you are aware of my prognostications on the inevitable rise of large, contiguous biosolar habitats protected by Earthmarines, who will undertake a very solemn oath to: protect at all costs, the species of the land & water. In short, they will kill a small female child before letting her eat the very last raspberry, carrot, tomato, etc, on the planet. For emotional clarification: recall the little girl in the film of Spielberg's Schindler's List. Otherwise-- global Easter Island is our fate; Leanan's Catabolic Collapse. For example, recall my now ancient post whereby two Somali clans went to gunbattle over a small stand of trees: one clan wanted to harvest the firewood now, the other clan realized how vital the forest was to the continued health of their eco-system--the classic resource battle of detritovores vs biosolars. This is our postPeak future unless we start meaningful mitigation. Recall, before the discovery of FFs, that a nation without tall trees could not be a maritime power. It would be mitigatively wise, if the President declared certain areas now: to be planted with the proper species of trees that we can harvest later for the essential tall masts required for wind-power ships. This would keep us from later raiding the last old-growth forests and really wrecking our eco-system. My hypothetical Earthmarines, pledged to long term sustainability, could start off by planting these trees, then postPeak moving to protect them from the masses of people that will ignorantly want to cut them down for mere firewood. If America cannot even protect tall trees for use in later sailing ships--the Decline of Empire will be total. Bob Shaw in Phx,Az Are Humans Smarter than Yeast? theoildrum.com