Gotno Gizmo
Gotno Gizmo
With the Roman Catholic Church opposing contraception and with Islam teachings promoting the virtue of being fruitful (particularly in sons), and many other world religions advocating similar virtues, it is not surprising that the worlds population is escalating.
Resulting from human exploitation of fresh water, food and minerals upon the Earth, coupled with the polluting and destructive impact upon the eco system of humanity, can only mean increased suffering of both human and animal life in the not so distant future.
The optimistic view is that mankind will continue to develop new technologies in order to meet this challenge. The pessimistic view is that the use of increased chemical fertilisers to boost food production will poison the earth. That the use of genetically modified crops to boost food production will unlock reactions in plant life with unforeseen consequences.
We must be in denial if we believe that current world population growth is sustainable. The offending nations are those poorer countries where the provision of clean water and food are already problematic. Parents who foolishly believe that by having many children they will be supported by their children in their old age. They cannot understand that they are exacerbating their current supply shortfalls. The Islamic countries in dessert zones where practically all food is imported from greener pastures using their petrol dollars. What happens to them when the oil wells start to run dry, or oil export receipts can no longer cover the cost of continuously increasing global food prices, with more and more mouths to feed?
Many people (and I am one of them) believe that the planet will bite back. The future will witness, as a retaliation of human activity, more droughts, floods and disease (becoming immune to known medical treatments). The strains upon human kind will itself create an environment in which humanity will take up arms with one another, thus increasing the rate of their own extermination.
Meanwhile, our archaic religious teachings will continue promoting a future where the wonder of humanity is reduced to an ant like existence, scurrying shoulder to shoulder around the remaining habitable parts of the planet for survival, in which arts and culture have become have become nonexistent.
Resulting from human exploitation of fresh water, food and minerals upon the Earth, coupled with the polluting and destructive impact upon the eco system of humanity, can only mean increased suffering of both human and animal life in the not so distant future.
The optimistic view is that mankind will continue to develop new technologies in order to meet this challenge. The pessimistic view is that the use of increased chemical fertilisers to boost food production will poison the earth. That the use of genetically modified crops to boost food production will unlock reactions in plant life with unforeseen consequences.
We must be in denial if we believe that current world population growth is sustainable. The offending nations are those poorer countries where the provision of clean water and food are already problematic. Parents who foolishly believe that by having many children they will be supported by their children in their old age. They cannot understand that they are exacerbating their current supply shortfalls. The Islamic countries in dessert zones where practically all food is imported from greener pastures using their petrol dollars. What happens to them when the oil wells start to run dry, or oil export receipts can no longer cover the cost of continuously increasing global food prices, with more and more mouths to feed?
Many people (and I am one of them) believe that the planet will bite back. The future will witness, as a retaliation of human activity, more droughts, floods and disease (becoming immune to known medical treatments). The strains upon human kind will itself create an environment in which humanity will take up arms with one another, thus increasing the rate of their own extermination.
Meanwhile, our archaic religious teachings will continue promoting a future where the wonder of humanity is reduced to an ant like existence, scurrying shoulder to shoulder around the remaining habitable parts of the planet for survival, in which arts and culture have become have become nonexistent.
