ISIS in the
Middle East; terrorist around the world; militia morons talking of fighting the
government; Korea developing a hydrogen bomb; nuclear weapons stockpiled by
nations; police violence; racial violence; religious violence; social prejudices
spawning hatred; carbon pollution of the atmosphere; financial motivated dependency
on fossil fuels; violence; mayhem; corruption; climate change…
This is
mankind’s legacy for the earth. This is
who we are. As individuals we are not
bad animals; but let us organize in packs and we a blight on the earth.
There was a
time when our actions didn’t affect the planet we live on. We were devastating to the weak and
vulnerable of our own species, but the earth could absorb our folly.
About three
million years ago Lucy (Australopithecus Africanis) walked across the plains of
South Africa. It took over three
million years for our species to finally gain one billion in population and the
ability to change the earth.
We throw
around words like million, billion and trillion until they finally seem small
in our imagination. Actually, If you
banged on your desk once every second, twenty four hours a day – nonstop, it would take you 32 years to bang out one
billion, and 32,000 years to bang out one trillion.
The human
race population reached one billion about 1800:
1927 – two
billion
1960 – three
billion
1974 – four billion
1987 – five billion
1999 – six billion
2012 – seven
billion
And on
January 28, 2016 @ 10:05 am – the time of this writing – the world population
topped 7,397,975,316 and climbing.
Check out
this link:
With each
increase in population we increase the consumption of food, water and natural
resources; we create exponential garbage pollution, release more hydrocarbons
into the atmosphere, and increase our own destructive tendencies and ability to
bring about global annihilation.
When we talk
about pollution of the earth it is like blaming the mosquito for malaria: we
are the virus.
We think we
are so God Damn smart that we can fix things when they get to the panic phase. But, at some point, because of our pettiness
and conceit, a hand is going to reach out of the mire and haul us down. We will reach a deserved ending: we will
inherit the wind.
Have a good
day
the Ol’Buzzard
Yes, we'll be brought down by our own greed and stupidity.
ReplyDeleteWow! what a ray of sunshine! ha ha Of course the nothingness is coming, and the absurdity of existence is valid, but the angst is optional! We can accept our fate with dignity and grace. Sip some brandy and puff on a fine cigar and face the cold waters as the ship sinks and the band plays on.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Rat. Enjoy yourself, it's later than we think - especially people our age.
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