>> The earth as a system with its own feedback and balancing mechanism 
>> is
>> being upset, and may spin out of control totally - a positive 
>> feedback
>> loop.  This system had been changing slowly and had plenty of time 
>> to
>> self-regulate in the past,  but human activities are stressing the
>> system and has stimulated the system that had never been.
...
>> The earth system is hard to keep in equiviliant when there is a
>> runaway factor, and when this factor has now become powerful enough 
>> to
>> affect it.

No problem - it's all under control. What you are seeing is a 
perfectly capable system acting in an entirely reasonable manner to an 
'undesired perturbation. What may appear to be 'spinning out of 
control totally' is just dealing roughly with the nuisance that it 
stops being an issue - either by learning to adapt and become part of 
the system or being eliminated to an extent where it's adverse effects 
are suitably mitigated.

ie Gaia will get you if you don't behave !!! :-)


        R :-) M




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