Homo Consumerensis is likely to become extinct in the next few years. I hope a new species is ready to take its place.

New species? No. Lovelock suggests an older one: hot rocks. Fits the ecological niche perfectly.

I let the vid on Erlich run into the vid on McKibben. When asked about hope and effect, McKibben was quite clear that in his opinion we are beyond recovery. He's not looking a happy man. I often wonder just what image I want to project when I get into these sort of discussions.

cfm in Gray, ME