Is this another example of unintended consequences? Carbon nanotubes are a miracle material that could transform structural materials, allow high temp. superconductivity, etc.

Fllerenes could transform many technologies.

Man doesn%26#039;t meddle. Everything he does is natural.

Carbon nanotubes mimic asbestos. Oops.

http://apnews.excite.com/article/2008052...

How do you propose that we limit the fallout from humankinds meddling in the environment?

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How do you propose that we limit the fallout from humankinds meddling in the environment?


That would depend on your definition of %26#039;meddling%26#039;

would you consider refining Uranium for a Nuclear reactor meddling? What about the building and use of Hydroelectric dams?

I would agree that sometimes the %26#039;cure%26#039; is worse than the sickness. I think a great example of that is what we are now seeing with %26#039;bio fuels%26#039; we now have very high oil, very high grain and food riots.

what more could we want?

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Anytime we leverage beyond aborginal it%26#039;s meddling; from large scale agriculture to nuclear and beyond. So the answer is yes, it%26#039;s all meddling to one degree or another. But no one wants to consider this or answer the question. We are now meddling beyond the earth%26#039;s ability to endure. What next?

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• Why using the word %26#039;meddling%26#039;? I think we should appreciate the power of invention.