Man's way of life has allowed him to discover and invent many things that are benificial and/or help him during his short time here.
The evolution of industry, mining, pharmacutical, petro-chemical, and transfer of knowledge should also be seen as brinning its wrath onto lifes living quarters.
I could pick two prime examples of the above:
1) If we were to dump all those "medicines" available out there into the "great lakes",- what I once called a possible world fountain of youth - what would happen to the life connected to body? Would some evaporate, sink or just overflow into the ocean? Most of what we consume ends up on the planets air surface or underground.
2) The other is the automobile. It is an extension of mining, petro-chemical and heavy industry, all spewing out by-products detrimental to life. Of course, in their defense they say that the ones we build now are better then the ones on the road. We can and are willing to replace the 80,000,000 vehicles that are out there and also make another 120,000,000 to put on all those new roads that we are laying. At what cost may I ask? Can we safely re-cycle or dispose of such a large amount of the brew on wheels?
The industrialized countries of the world should have a deep look into themselves and see where we (as a species) are headed, what we promote, need, want and desire.
The building up of defences and/or offences with more arms is also a weapon of mass destruction. War has never been an answer yet this is what some of our leaders resort to. Mankind is the only weapon of mass destruction. Blind and foolish and sometimes just plain ignorant.
How and when will mankind reach an accord as to, who we want to be, and, as to where we want to go? We know the whys but not the when and where.
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