What the Earth Is and Is Not Doing

In conversations with senior energy analysist Glenn Doty, he’s warned me of the dangers of promoting ideas like “Mother Nature,” or other suggestions to the effect that the planet is animated by a kind of spirit that protects it from humankind’s atrocious behavior.

In reality, the Earth is not “adjusting itself to eliminate man,” though it is true that the Earth is steadily losing its capacity to support life, due to carbon emissions and other pollutants.