Agreed. Yeast are more congenial. <g>
If we live shorter life spans it's because of McDonald's and its ilk. We're all
getting so effing fat we can't survive. I say this having lost about 65 pounds
from my heaviest, but with a little to go.
It is what happens. Realization is the first step. Then minimizing impacts is a
good next step. Well, maybe convincing others that it happens is the actual
next step. Damned hard to convince those Chinese, Indians, Brazilians et alia,
however, when they look at us and say, "Well, you got yours and now we can't
get ours? Pfui!" Selfish attitude, granted, but it's what we face. <g>
There's a reason we don't live as long as we think we ought to. We get tired
and grumpy. Death cures all ailments.
--Bob
On Feb 21, 2013, at 9:27 AM, Jan Steinman wrote:
> The more I observe humans, the more I prefer yeast. At least they don't
> rationalize consuming all their resources and dying in their own excrement.
> And their piss is tastier than ours. :-)
>
> I suspect us "boomers" are about to be the first generation since the
> exploitation of fossil sunlight whose life-span will be less than that of
> their parents. But I also work hard to have a Buddhist attitude of
> detachment. I agree with Bob about "It's what happens."
>
> That isn't to say those of us who admit to such things shouldn't try to
> minimize our impact, but darn it, phase reversals in population growth rates
> are pretty rare events, and it's an interesting time to be alive, no?
--
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