A lot of the problems we face right now are because of people actively pursuing a "greener" planet! Their actions have directly and indirectly caused the death of millions upon millions and still continues to do so. One example in Africa is the strings that come attached with foreign financial aid. Countries like the US and many European countries usually give a lot of money to Africa. However, this money comes with a heap of conditions mounted upon it. One of the most outstanding limits on the use of this money is the prohibition of the building of dams and leevies across water bodies. The purpose is to keep the "natural flow" of the water, one of the goals of environmentalists. These is supposed to ensure the sustanance of wetlands and thus save plant and animal life. However the consequences to the inhabitants of such areas are fatal, literally. Malaria is very prevalent in the consequential areas and is responsible for countless deaths hitherto. Also the so-called natural flow of the water means seasonal flooding for many areas and thus reaking havock upon the crops and homes of their inhabitants. Malaria is an ancient disease that should have be nothing more than a distant memory, however our environmentalist friends have decided to make sure it does not become extinct.
95% of the species that once existed on earth are now extinct. The earth/environment is cruel. It is not our friend. We have mastered the environment and that is why we have been able to survive so long. All these synthetic and modern stuff we have invented are our way of coping with the harshness of nature. We are able to keep wild animals that would otherwise prey on us at bay, we are able to utilize natural sources of energy efficiently to make our lives easier;cars,aeroplanes, medicine, etc. We have eradicated numerous diseases and greatly increased our life span.
If we continue to adhere to environmentalists we will soon be extinct. Look at the Hurricane Katrina fiasco. There are countless cities built on sea shores. One of the risks is hurricanes, however to solve this many cities have employed the use of leevies/dams as barriers to the water surge of hurricanes. However for reasons of "natural beauty" and "natural flow of rivers/oceans" or God knows what, environmentalists have been persistent in their actions to stop leevy building and even destroy formely built leevies. A good example is in New Orleans where their efforts were successful and just like nature would have it, the hurricane struck and reaked havoc on many lives. They will say "see, global warming is causing hurricanes" but the reality is hurricanes have existed since the formation of the earth and are part of nature.
We have to be reasonable in our approach to conserve nature cause the reality is as much as we may love to think of its beauty we are just another insignificant spec of living species to nature. Life on earth has, can, and will go on with or without us!
One day we will be extinct. We can't do anything about it. Trying to "save the environment" though will definitely make that day come sooner. It is not always safe to listen to politicians, they just want to manipulate voters into electing and re-electing them till they retire and for that purpose they will say anything dramatic to capture the imaginations and draw masses. The media is also responsible for using the same antics. The news today is mostly about dramatizing and wowing the audience. We are in the era of attractive news casters and sugar coated media and dramatization. News media is entering the entertainment media. Watching CNN is like watching a movie sometimes. One has to take it with a grain of salt.
95% of the species that once existed on earth are now extinct. The earth/environment is cruel. It is not our friend. We have mastered the environment and that is why we have been able to survive so long. All these synthetic and modern stuff we have invented are our way of coping with the harshness of nature. We are able to keep wild animals that would otherwise prey on us at bay, we are able to utilize natural sources of energy efficiently to make our lives easier;cars,aeroplanes, medicine, etc. We have eradicated numerous diseases and greatly increased our life span.
If we continue to adhere to environmentalists we will soon be extinct. Look at the Hurricane Katrina fiasco. There are countless cities built on sea shores. One of the risks is hurricanes, however to solve this many cities have employed the use of leevies/dams as barriers to the water surge of hurricanes. However for reasons of "natural beauty" and "natural flow of rivers/oceans" or God knows what, environmentalists have been persistent in their actions to stop leevy building and even destroy formely built leevies. A good example is in New Orleans where their efforts were successful and just like nature would have it, the hurricane struck and reaked havoc on many lives. They will say "see, global warming is causing hurricanes" but the reality is hurricanes have existed since the formation of the earth and are part of nature.
We have to be reasonable in our approach to conserve nature cause the reality is as much as we may love to think of its beauty we are just another insignificant spec of living species to nature. Life on earth has, can, and will go on with or without us!
One day we will be extinct. We can't do anything about it. Trying to "save the environment" though will definitely make that day come sooner. It is not always safe to listen to politicians, they just want to manipulate voters into electing and re-electing them till they retire and for that purpose they will say anything dramatic to capture the imaginations and draw masses. The media is also responsible for using the same antics. The news today is mostly about dramatizing and wowing the audience. We are in the era of attractive news casters and sugar coated media and dramatization. News media is entering the entertainment media. Watching CNN is like watching a movie sometimes. One has to take it with a grain of salt.
2 comments:
Well written and very informative.
Yeah, this is true!!
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