Monday, January 23, 2006

The Earth is about to catch a morbid fever that may last as long as 100,000 years

James Lovelock, author of the Gaia Hypothesis, has written an interesting article on the state of the Earth and what this implies. I quote:

"This article is the most difficult I have written and for the same reasons. My Gaia theory sees the Earth behaving as if it were alive, and clearly anything alive can enjoy good health, or suffer disease. Gaia has made me a planetary physician and I take my profession seriously, and now I, too, have to bring bad news.

The climate centres around the world, which are the equivalent of the pathology lab of a hospital, have reported the Earth's physical condition, and the climate specialists see it as seriously ill, and soon to pass into a morbid fever that may last as long as 100,000 years. I have to tell you, as members of the Earth's family and an intimate part of it, that you and especially civilisation are in grave danger."

Read the rest of the article here

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