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bullshit sprinkled with glitter.
Here’s
a whiff of the stink from NPR – “For years, environmental and energy
researchers have been working on solutions to stop or slow down the
effects of global warming. One approach that has recently gained
popularity is what scientists call geoengineering — the idea that
Earth can essentially be retroftted with technology to reduce global
warming.”
Planet Earth needs technological retroftting? Where’s George Carlin when you need him?
Can
we geo-engineer Homo erectus asphaltus while we’re at it? How about
retroftting our species’ proclivity to eat ourselves into a diabetic
stupor? Or our tendency towards blind obedience to ideological
stupidity? Or our insatiable desire to reproduce?
Sound silly? Of course it does.
The
answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind of common sense – reduce our
population in accordance with ecological carrying capacity, live in
some semblance of harmony with “nature,” and quit acting out every
urge produced by testosterone overdose.
You
don’t need a zoo keeper to tell you which way the monkey jumps. Nor do
you need a techno-wonk to tell you that what ails the planet is looking
in the proverbial mirror wondering if their teeth are white enough. Or,
as the Old Man in the Sea told us – when the bell tolls, answer the
phone.
As
one pundit told NPR – “We have a lot of talk about clean energy, about
green energy, people trying to do their part and change their lives in
small ways, but in fact, we’re really not doing anything.”
Not
true…. we’re behaving exactly like the primates that we are. And we
will continue to do so until our lovely DNA dictates otherwise. Perhaps
a sad commentary on the societal evolution, but what is, is.
Until then, free condoms!
HOPE & CHANGE???
WASHINGTON
— Since the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig exploded on April 20,
the Obama administration has granted oil and gas companies at least 27
exemptions from doing in-depth environmental studies of oil exploration
and production in the Gulf of Mexico.
The
waivers were granted despite President Barack Obama’s vow that his
administration would launch a “relentless response effort” to stop the
leak and prevent more damage to the gulf. One of them was dated Friday
— the day after Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said he was temporarily
halting offshore drilling.
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