On 17 Jun 2005 17:55:46 -0700, "BC" wrote:

It's just a matter of understanding the
true scale of things and what we humans
are capable of. Google-up the history of
the "passenger pigeon" -- that's a very
good cautionary tale about what happens
when we go about things cluelessly and
make wholly naive assumptions about
our impact on nature.

Being environmentally conscious is not
being concerned with the entire planet --
just that extremely thin coating around it
that we actually live in.

Here's my last trick quiz for the
machinists out the according this:
http://www.bca-pool.com/play/tournam...es/equip.shtml
billiard balls are suppose to have a
diameter of 2 1/4" +/- .005"

If the earth was shrunk down to a
diameter of 2 1/4," would it meet
the tolerance standard for an official
ball? The mean diameter of the Earth
is 12,742.02 km, the highest point is
8,850 m (Everest), and the lowest is
-10,911 m (Mariana Trench)

Is that cosmic enough for you?

-BC

How about the cosmic truth that if every family unit on the planet got
a 1500 square foot split level home on an acre of land, the resulting
subdivision would not fill Texas?

Gunner

"Considering the events of recent years,
the world has a long way to go to regain
its credibility and reputation with the US."
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