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THE NATURAL PURPOSE OF HUMANITY
by Ed Jonas on Tuesday May 04, @04:51PM
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THE NATURAL PURPOSE OF HUMANITY
The spontaneous inception and evolution of the human race
is perhaps a function and expression of the will of the planet,
to experience and know itself in it's own entirety and given such....
to nurture, mature and continue this experience and knowing
within this, its' place and time in and of the galaxy and universe!
Alfred G. Jonas
May 4, 2004
Canada
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The Anthrosphere
by Ed Jonas on Thursday May 06, @11:23AM
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Definition: The anthrosphere.is that part of the environment that is made or modified by
humans for use in human activities.
As human technology becomes more evolved, so do the impacts of human activities
on the environment. Some examples of parts of the anthrosphere that interface with the
geosphere, biosphere and hydrosphere are summarized in the above image.
The ultimate goal of environmental science is to minimize the flux of pollutant and/or
toxic substances across the interface between the anthrosphere and other spheres while
maintaining a functional technological society.
Environmental research over the past ~20 years has resulted in a significant
improvement in human understanding of the magnitudes and impacts of material fluxes
leaving the anthrosphere. Many of these fluxes had unpredicted or more-extreme than-
expected consequences. The technology to halt some of these fluxes has also improved
significantly in the past two decades. For instance, this had lead to a number of "end of
pipe" controls on emissions from factories, automobiles, feedlots and even bakeries. End-
of-pipe controls on emissions are often based on complex and/or expensive chemical
transformations, many of which are also energy intensive.
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A Sustainable Anthrosphere
by Ed Jonas on Thursday May 06, @01:04PM
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A sustainable anthrospheric range or density then
is most likely a function of the amount of land and resources
required to support and sustain a given number of people
at any given standard and quality of life! The desireable
goal then would be to achieve a sustainable standard and
quality of life anthrosphere within the context of the planet
as a whole.
Alfred
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Towards a Contained Anthrosphere
by Ed Jonas on Sunday May 09, @06:34PM
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Perhaps the best or most probable way
to sustain the anthrosphere......
is to adopt measures to contain
or limit and manage its exponential
growth.
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Ways and means
by Ed Jonas on Monday May 10, @12:53PM
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Living within our means might be explained as follows:
because the antrhrosphere tends to be mainly dependent
upon the biosphere, the anthrosphere has to live within the
constraints of the biosphere or suffer the resulting deterioration
in environment etc.
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