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The TED talk to end all TED talks....

Bob001 said:
You will never need (or want) to watch another TED talk after this one:
http://digg.com/video/ted-talk-parody
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You, Bob, just made my day. Why? See, by quoting you, I made you believe that I read what you wrote, even clicked the link, and that, my dear friend, will convince you that I agree with you! Yes, it's true: Our planet needs me! It needs me so badly, I had to italicise "needs"!

;)

One smiley per post is just the right amount. The thoughtful, serious but light-hearted wink. You made my night, Bob.


Thank you, and God bless.
 
In this soberly phrased critical post, I unenthusiastically acknowledge the desirability of the goals of the technological solution described in the talk, while expressing extreme doubt about its practicality, underscoring that point by citing the percentage of the global human population lacking reliable access to clean drinking water.
 
Here I mention straw man and cherry picking to establish my skeptical credentials, without identifying a specific poster, thereby weaseling past the forum rules.
 
We know that every poster in this thread has looked at this thread. Their posts are evidence of that.

But what if... and I want to to think about this...

... What if ... ... every ... active poster looked at this thread?
 
What if this one thread contained the solution to all of today's most important and most challenging problems?

Dare we even ask that question? Because there can be no doubt: it is indeed a question. A question about problems and solutions. A question whose answer could decide the future we're facing today. A question that, to be asked, requires only the courage and force of will to ask it.
 
This one young genius, thought mentally deficient by her teachers and peers, saw more than simple black and white. She saw another dimension, a way to express nuanced thoughts with form, color and motion. :jaw-dropp
 
Myriad said:
What if this one thread contained the solution to all of today's most important and most challenging problems?

Dare we even ask that question? Because there can be no doubt: it is indeed a question. A question about problems and solutions. A question whose answer could decide the future we're facing today. A question that, to be asked, requires only the courage and force of will to ask it.
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actually.......

“As the small trickle of results grows into an avalanche — as is now happening overseas — it will soon be realized that the animal is our farming partner and no practice and no knowledge which ignores this fact will contribute anything to human welfare or indeed will have any chance either of usefulness or of survival.” Sir Albert Howard father of organic agriculture

so yeah we need those animals on the farm.

But why are they a problem?

“The number one public enemy is the cow. But the number one tool that can save mankind is the cow. We need every cow we can get back out on the range. It is almost criminal to have them in feedlots which are inhumane, antisocial, and environmentally and economically unsound.” Allan Savory

There is your problem. The feedlots and the vast acres of monoculture corn and soy supplying them. Why are those bad?

"We try to grow things that want to die, and kill things that want to live. That is pretty much how (industrial) agriculture functions." Colin Seis

So what about raising them properly?

“Yes, agriculture done improperly can definitely be a problem, but agriculture done in a proper way is an important solution to environmental issues including climate change, water issues, and biodiversity.”-Rattan Lal

Solution? That's pretty strong words. How can that be?

"Ecosystem function is vastly more valuable than the production and consumption of goods and services." -John D. Liu

So what part of the ecosystem function has value?

"The answer lies in the soil." - Fred Streeter

The soil? Really?

"The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

What's so special about the soil?

“When you increase organic matter, good things happen.” -Jay Fuhrer

What good things?

"When farmers view soil health not as an abstract virtue, but as a real asset, it revolutionizes the way they farm and radically reduces their dependence on inputs to produce food and fiber." -USDA

Anything else?

"Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted & thoughtful observation rather than protracted & thoughtless labor; & of looking at plants & animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single-product system." Bill Mollison

There is more carbon missing from the soil than extra in the atmosphere.

There is your solution for every one of today's most important and most challenging problems. But what was the question again?:boggled:

Most of the quotes above came from a Ted Talk presentation either directly or indirectly.
 
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