Our climate
is changing. We are past the point of
going back. One good thing about homo-sapiens
is that we are adaptable. When things
become critical, we temporarily join together and adapt.
We shouldn’t
worry about an asteroid strike either. The
world is not going to end similar to the dinosaur extinction. Nations have the technology to destroy or
divert such a catastrophe.
Pestilence
will not kill us all. Medical science has the technology to produce
vaccines and treatments that will allow the majority of us to survive. Pestilence does, however, thin the heard of
the weak and stupid. We are seeing this
happen now. In this way it strengthens
the races.
So, what do
we have to worry about? Is it likely we
will face a massive extinction?
If we do it
will be self-inflicted. We have to fear our own nature and short-comings.
Russia has
enough nuclear weapons to destroy all life on this earth. The United States have even more, and more
powerful nuclear weapons than Russia.
China has a large nuclear weapon stockpile. North Korea possesses nuclear bombs. India and Pakistan are nuclear armed nations.
The U.S. has undoubtedly armed Israel
with nuclear capability. Nuclear
technology is no longer confined to a few, it is accessible to the world. The ability and technology to destroy all
living things on this earth exist today; and it is in the hands of a few
humans.
Add to this,
religious extremism. Islamist who get
dewy eyed at the thought of jihad – dying for a holy war. Fundamentalist Christian groups fantasizing the end times. And just plain crazy, unhinged people that get
access to the nuclear codes. (Trump
asked Kelly; If we have nuclear weapons, why don’t we use them?)
It takes
only one disturbed, deranged, irrational paranoid narcist to light the match.
the Ol'Buzzard
Keep a happy thought!
ReplyDeletetrump is fucking bonkers. If re-elected or put back into power by his geared up crazy base then we are going to pay the price. I have a feeling he will turn the nuclear weapons on Mexico, South America, and quite possibly Afghanistan.
ReplyDeleteOf the list of things that will kill us, climate change is certainly near the bottom. this is not comforting.
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