Science Always Uses Metaphor.

One Pound Of Uranium Is Worth About 3 Million Pounds Worth Of Coal Or Oil.

There Aren't Just Bad People That Commit Genocide; We Are All Capable Of It. It's Our Evolutionary History.

The Tropical Rain Forests Are A Telling Example. Once Cut Down, They Rarely Recover. Rainfall Drops, Deserts Spread, The Climate Warms.

We Are The Intelligent Elite Among Animal Life On Earth And Whatever Our Mistakes, [earth] Needs Us. This May Seem An Odd Statement After All That I Have Said About The Way 20th Century Humans Became Almost A Planetary Disease Organism. But It Has Taken [earth] 2.5 Billion Years To Evolve An Animal That Can Think And Communicate Its Thoughts. If We Become Extinct She Has Little Chance Of Evolving Another.

No One Who Has Experienced The Intense Involvement Of Computer Modeling Would Deny That The Temptation Exists To Use Any Data Input That Will Enable One To Continue Playing What Is Perhaps The Ultimate Game Of Solitaire.