Like everything in life we no sooner jump one hurdle than we come across another.
Green issues are no different. Once we reduced CFCs so they no longer depleted the ozone layer we had a new No. 1 and its no laughing matter, it is Nitrous Oxide. Don’t worry though we will solve that and then something else will be next and a threat to our planet.
Its a bit like progress with living longer. We used to die because of lack of shelter, predators and nutrition. Then as we learnt to protect ourselves, clothe ourselves and feed ourselves the biggest cause of death was from injuries. We learnt to heal ourselves and then the biggest cause of death was government and so on. Now we die from diseases that only a hundred years ago were almost unknown because few people lived long enough to get them. Cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s are common now.
When we cure those there will be others along to take their place as the No. 1 killer and it will go on and on and eventually when we cure all illness and everyone is immortal we will be back to accidental deaths like sports accidents, space accidents etc. and suicides.
The steeplechase only ever ends in death.
Life is a steeplechase
Like everything in life we no sooner jump one hurdle than we come across another.
Green issues are no different. Once we reduced CFCs so they no longer depleted the ozone layer we had a new No. 1 and its no laughing matter, it is Nitrous Oxide. Don’t worry though we will solve that and then something else will be next and a threat to our planet.
Its a bit like progress with living longer. We used to die because of lack of shelter, predators and nutrition. Then as we learnt to protect ourselves, clothe ourselves and feed ourselves the biggest cause of death was from injuries. We learnt to heal ourselves and then the biggest cause of death was government and so on. Now we die from diseases that only a hundred years ago were almost unknown because few people lived long enough to get them. Cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s are common now.
When we cure those there will be others along to take their place as the No. 1 killer and it will go on and on and eventually when we cure all illness and everyone is immortal we will be back to accidental deaths like sports accidents, space accidents etc. and suicides.
The steeplechase only ever ends in death.