Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On 04/01/2025 15:58, TJ wrote:

So the climate IS changing. I've watched it do so. But is it natural, or man-made? In my layman's opinion, it's probably both. The basic mechanism is probably natural, augmented by Man's contribution.
 

The point is that far far more drastic changes have happened without modern humanity being involved.
The odds are in favour of natural change and CO2 doesn't make any  real difference at all,.

But what can we do about it? Little of any significance, unless we are willing to take drastic measures - kill off about half the human population, give up modern power-hungry technology, that sort of thing.
 

Far better to pretend to 'do something' and make a shitload of money and impose draconian restrictions on a population you despise.

I'm not willing to do that, and I don't think anyone else is, either. So what I'll do is continue to take advantage of the changes that are happening, adapting as best I can.
 

The only sensible alternative

I can now grow fruits and vegetables that I couldn't dream of 50 years ago. Better, long-season varieties that I couldn't grow when I was a kid. For now, the climate is changing toward being better, here. That won't last, but it'll probably last longer than I do.

I thought that too. Until a winter around 2002 killed every Escallonia I had that had been flourishing...
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