Recently at a Geol Soc meeting several geologists told me they are looking for work, it’s not just changing fuel types but changing survey processes, changing mining laws and economics that have an effect.That would be an experiment indeed.
I wouldn’t describe it as a geologist’s dream. Geologists have a role to ensure sustainability aswell as to exploit the geologically derived wealth on the planet.
In my case it has been my livelihood and one that has evaporated recently owing in part to alternative energy sources being developed.
Good to see you Zand.As the OP I would just like to say that I don't consider talk about anything that concerna the future of the planet to be off topic. I like the way the thread has developped and as long as everyone stays civil then all's good.
Sorry I haven't contributed lately. My wifi at home is playing up.
I speak as one who has had posts deleted for being off topic, seems a bit abitrary, but I take your point that this thread is in the soapbox section.I thought this was a soapbox? The way we treat the planet will make sure man keeps getting the correct nutrition.
Something is seriously wrong with what we are eating and and the way we are producing food. People were generally slim when I was at school in the forties and fifties.
I see the whole process in a holistic way.
But perhaps we all should wear blinkers and eat oats from a nose bag!
D.
If you are a rock sniffer then you might be aware of Iain Stewart’s stance on this, down in Plymouth.Recently at a Geol Soc meeting several geologists told me they are looking for work, it’s not just changing fuel types but changing survey processes, changing mining laws and economics that have an effect.
You must wield a toffee hammer too, then.Geologists know what happened when all the stored co2 went into the atmosphere at the K/T boundary!
Do we want to turn this planet into another Venus?
D.
I think Bee Wilson would not argue with what you say about needing a specific diet (she is an omnivore herself) but what she does so well is put that into a global context.dms1, it's not a food preference for me. It's a necessity.
Gosh, I know I'm repeating myself but there is no one diet that works for everyone. And when you add autoimmune disease on top of the diabetes, what one can eat and not eat becomes even more complex.
And diabetes medications and/or insulin, while necessary some, is not a good long term strategy for most type 2's. That leaves diet, physical activity, time restricted feeding, and fasting to maintain blood glucose levels.
I think we need to be honest about what's workable and not workable when discussing diet and climate change. India has a huge problem with diabetes. When the mother is undernourished during pregnancy, the child is far more likely to be predisposed to developing type 2 diabetes despite having a normal BMI...
I agree with you, I only think simple this is about diet ! Don't infer too broad!why should it be a choice when the science is wrong about going veggie to avert climate change?
This discussion is about dietary choices, not choices between fuel and food.
Lake District?No Listlad,
I am just a seed picker as the philosophers on Mars Hill in Athens described St Paul in Greek in the NT.
I have been interested in geology, since as a child, a friend and I went down a brick pit near Lincoln and gathered fossils.
I do have a rather nice trilobite from North Africa my daughter bought me.
My lifelong interest is in birds, but I was a broadcast engineer by profession but finished up working in medical physics at a hospital fixing linacs.
I found U3A geology interesting, but I thought as an amateur I had no right to knock rocks apart and leave a mess.
Why people today say life is boring I cant understand.
Up here the geomorphology of the last Ice Age is fascinating in itself.
Some people have spent a lifetime studying fleas!
ATB
D.
We are very fortunate, but it does know how to rain! Today it's hot with wall to wall blue sky.Lake District?
That reminds me of someone I knew who kept chickens and had a dog! Apparently the chickens ate the dog muck and dog ate the chicken muck. Now that is recycling without equal!As a biologist, mostly, when I had a problem with ants I hatched out some quail eggs and put their pen on the paving slabs being undermined by the nest. Rather than poisoning the ants I got quail eggs, and I suppose, quails to roast if I got very hungry.
I think Bee Wilson would not argue with what you say about needing a specific diet (she is an omnivore herself) but what she does so well is put that into a global context.
She also uses the example you quote of people from the Indian sub continent being more predisposed to T2D because of undernourishment in the womb but highlights the fact that this is lack of food more than type of food consumed. Did you see the report about various poorer African countries having a healthier diet composition than the wealthy West? This analysed the type of foods eaten (usually vegetables) but acknowledged that people could still be undernourished because they didn't have enough to eat.
Plant-based eating would clearly feed more people on a global level but whether that would be a popular move is another matter altogether. I think it's called a 'wicked problem'.
I do have a rather nice trilobite from North Africa my daughter bought me.
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