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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-31-06 09:49 PM Original message |
Is anyone else readng Lovelock's new book Revenge of Gaia? |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-31-06 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. No |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-31-06 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. Just saw it the other day in the bookstore, and dipped into it |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-31-06 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. I've read a synopsis, but not the book yet |
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ramapo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 09:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Happy, happy, joy, joy |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. Finished reading the book. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. Does he really believe only 45 people died from Chernobyl? |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 07:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Out of interest... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 07:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. All 46,989,000 people in the Ukraine will die. |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 08:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Maybe some of them will turn into mutant zombies and die twice |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 08:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. No data on sheep in the UNSCEAR report. |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 08:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Well, there wouldn't be... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 08:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I had no idea the sheep were running things. |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 09:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Sadly, I think the Military/Industrial/Oil Corp. directors run things |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 10:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. "a few thousands" only if you can't add |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 11:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. And you think 4,000+5,000="between 25,000 and 85,000"? lol |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 11:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. 4,000+5,000+16,000=25,000 see my reply #19 |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:22 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. You're probably right |
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MrPrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 11:56 AM Response to Reply #9 |
33. That's why it's important... |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 09:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. The WHO website "overview" has 9,000 plus some unknown number |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 10:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Thanks... |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 11:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Actually, it's not that far off |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:31 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Well... |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 06:46 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. who says millions??? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 07:52 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. And this compares to how many people that die from air pollution each |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 07:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
31. nuclear power |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
17. 30% of all people in the developed world will die of cancer... |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 11:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. In your love for this guy... |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 04:48 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. But cancer does, indeed, need oxygen |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 07:31 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Aerobic metabolism creates free radicals, which damage DNA. |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 10:08 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Here's my concern, Odin. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 04:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. I know some oncologists that would be highly amused by that statement |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
29. Lovelock has no credibility among biogeochemists, paleoclimatologists, |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 06:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. You are very misinformed. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 04:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Hardly - I'm a member of AGU and a biogeochemist |
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bperci108 (969 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 01:41 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. jpak said: |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-03-06 06:31 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Are you aware that your view seems anthropocentric then? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-03-06 08:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Lovelock-bashers take a few of his gaffes... |
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