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				With a greater intelligence level on the planet, and the political ability to make changes, we can solve this and any other problem.
			
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  That's certainly true....but....looking at New Orleans after a year, I'd say we have a better shot, hoping for a benevolent God, than counting on that happening. 
 
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				snip~ the idea that such thermodynamic volitility can be fine-tuned to keep it in a state of indefinite equilibrium is as utterly unrealistic ~snip
			
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  Yeah, we don't even know extent or rate of entropy changes yet. They are discovering new cause/effect relationships that are contributing almost every day. Discovering may not be the right term....maybe are being revealed is more like reality.  
With all due respect to the scientists and researchers working on this, I'm picturing a bunch of guys in white lab coats, standing around with jaws agape, saying, "No shit?....no SHIT?.....NO SHIT?, as the whole thing goes down.