Interesting contrast made by the writer comparing the decline of the sparrows to the cuckoos used in mines to detect any gas. Implying that mankind will be next at some stage.
Title: Re: Permanent sticky thread on the anthropocene era
Post by: TylerDurden on May 07, 2018, 06:01:20 pm
I regularly visit France's Mercantour national park among others in the SE area of France, and was routinely appalled to notice the human encroachment on the parks, with full legal assistance from the French government.For example, the approach to the Mercantour park, above Les Menuires, used to have a log across it to prevent vehicles entering the park. For some years, though, the log has been removed, so that vehicles can now reach the Merveilles refuge hut at c. 2100m, thus allowing people to reach the place without having to walk. In addition, farmers have always been allowed to shepherd their flocks of sheep in the national park, thus disturbing wildlife etc. Plus, French farmers are odious people who scream bloody murder if their sheep are killed by wolves, even though they get compensation.Even worse, the beauty of the park was totally ruined by the presence of a hydroelectric dam near Les Mesches reservoir, which drained most of the water from the mountain-lakes above, which had been turned into reservoirs for the dam. The result was that, in August, the lakes would seem really ugly, with huge pale scars showing near the depleted lakes, showing where the water would have been if the drainage had not existed.Admittedly, the area is such a weather-magnet, that, at other times of the year, the lakes are just barely OK, but still. Oh, and France's national parks are often situated only near mountainous areas near the border, so they often look like narrow corridors. Fortunately, often Spanish(?) or Italian national parks of a similiar nature are sometimes situated opposite, or the wildlife would be even more harmed when migrating.
Title: Re: Permanent sticky thread on the anthropocene era
Post by: TylerDurden on May 19, 2018, 03:23:09 pm
I must admit this new anti-plastic theme in the media sounds suspicious. No one cared about it before except a few eccentricts. Now, suddenly, there is a mass movement against plastic in the oceans etc. I do wonder if big corporations are sensing a huge profit in rousing all this hype.
Title: Re: Permanent sticky thread on the anthropocene era
Post by: TylerDurden on June 12, 2018, 08:22:42 pm
Truly disgusting, and makes one realise that even RVAFers living in remote communities and eating raw wild game and raw wild plants/raw wild seafood etc. may be exposed to such stuff.
Title: Re: Permanent sticky thread on the anthropocene era
Post by: TylerDurden on August 03, 2018, 11:27:24 pm
Bear in mind that the 2 or 3 main toxic chemicals found in polluted air are also the 2 or 3 main toxic components found in cooked foods. In other words, we RVAFers would be taking in much less overall toxins on a daily basis.Even so, I would balk at living somewhere like Beijing or Mexico City.
Title: Re: Permanent sticky thread on the anthropocene era
Post by: TylerDurden on October 19, 2018, 06:11:44 am
The 2 main toxins in air-pollution are the same as the 2 main toxins in smoking.In other words, even if you are trying to be healthy by not eating cooked foods, you are still getting some of them if you live in most areas of the world. Fortunately, Vienna is a cleaner city than most.
Title: Re: Permanent sticky thread on the anthropocene era
Post by: TylerDurden on March 24, 2019, 08:41:23 pm
This sort of thing may not mean much but it has been predicted that (fresh, clean) water will become a scarce resaource for most Earthlings in the next few decades. Drought combined with pisspoor water-management by humans will ensure scarcity thereof. Fortunately, Austria has no worries re water for a lot longer than most other countries.
Title: Re: Permanent sticky thread on the anthropocene era
Post by: TylerDurden on March 28, 2019, 03:05:41 am