Climate Change – The Root of the Problem
Posted on 16. Oct, 2009 by Nikos in Various
First of all, our planet is not in danger. Our planet is not threatened by climate change. Our planet has survived ice age, meteor attacks and a lot higher temperatures than what we are faced with now. It is we – the people ON this planet – who are threatened by climate change. It is we who are in danger, it is we who will not survive the consequences of our own actions and it is we who will die out. Our planet will adjust, and survive, like it has done many times before. We, on the other hand, will not.
So, assuming we want to save ourselves, how do we do that? I say it is simple; we don’t. Because isn’t that really the root of the problem; that there are too many of us on this planet? Today, there are 6,790,734,196 people on this earth. That number is expected to reach 9,000,000,000 by 2040 and continue to grow until 2050. Now, with almost every one of these people constantly working to increase their standard of living in some way, it just won’t work. With that many people on this planet we can drive Priuses, eat organic, fill up our water bottles, bike to work, reduce-reuse-recycle all we want, and we’ll still all be screwed. There’s no way our planet can sustain us in the long run. We are literally shitting where we eat and I think we all agree that has never been a good idea.
So in all their tragedy, maybe wars, natural disasters, epidemics and diseases are doing us a favor? Maybe, ironically enough, we need them to save us…
Guest post by Marianne Condrup – #BAD09
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