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What fossil fuels are doing to our oceans

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Re: What fossil fuels are doing to our oceans

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This probably doesn't belong here... I thought I read/heard that we became smart because our brains grew a lot due to eating meat. I realize this sort of change probably took hundreds/thousands of years not over the course of someone's life. Also can't argue the salt/red meat stuff either. I'm just curious if it made our brains grow/possibly lead us to today. Moderation I suppose. I don't want to stroke out at 55.

I don't know for certain but I suspect it may be more due to the calorific density of meat. Grazing on vegetation is a full time activity leaving zero time for other activities. Whereas if you only have to have a single meaty meal in a day you can spending the rest of the day planning your next hunt.

I read somewhere too that the protein is different from a meat-source versus plant source.

I don't know, it's odd to do the "is it right?" thing regarding killing other animals for food when that is how nature operates. Still with the way technology is progressing, I suppose one day you could just build "meat" directly without an "animal". (not a new idea) I don't know I heard some interesting stuff regarding that.

Crazy to think so many people before me were able to conceive so I'm alive today haha. It's my turn, helloooo ladiesss....

Re: What fossil fuels are doing to our oceans

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post #180

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I'd guess several reasons, or rather aspects of the issue: - proximity detector is another potential point of failure; including it raises both installation and maintenance costs - when you're walking at night, you'd like to see further than the distance between two lampposts; this would require the proximity sensor to trigger several lamp posts arond you (totally doable, I guess, but again extra installation and mai…

Yeah I heard of something similar regarding turning light bulbs on/off versus just keeping them consistently on. It is pretty crazy how we just expect electricity to work, one day when everything is destroyed and we're back to the stone ages how long would it take to get back to where we are now I wonder haha. An offline version of wikipedia on how to turn ore into a generator. Oh well I guess we'll figure it out hop…

> one day when everything is destroyed and we're back to the stone ages how long would it take to get back to where we are now I wonder haha.

A long time. Technology level isn't just about know-how. You'd also need a global supply chain ensuring access to all the raw materials, subcomponents, sub-subcomponemts, etc. You need a civilized society and the rule of law so that people can specialize and still put food on the table.

> An offline version of wikipedia on how to turn ore into a generator.

That's the easy part. Some people are already working on it.

Re: What fossil fuels are doing to our oceans

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post #180

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Yeah I heard of something similar regarding turning light bulbs on/off versus just keeping them consistently on. It is pretty crazy how we just expect electricity to work, one day when everything is destroyed and we're back to the stone ages how long would it take to get back to where we are now I wonder haha. An offline version of wikipedia on how to turn ore into a generator. Oh well I guess we'll figure it out hop…

> one day when everything is destroyed and we're back to the stone ages how long would it take to get back to where we are now I wonder haha. A long time. Technology level isn't just about know-how. You'd also need a global supply chain ensuring access to all the raw materials, subcomponents, sub-subcomponemts, etc. You need a civilized society and the rule of law so that people can specialize and still put food on t…

A "Hitchhiker's guide book" if you will haha
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