Humanity is cross points – I know it’s a cliched a saying, but I guess we can use say that given that Humans are at Cross Points
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Given
that Global Warming is going to increase the average temperature beyond what
humans can survive.
·
Nano
plastic is dissolved into all aspects of our food chain.
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Pollution
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Of course, there are issues that are
happening, like the raise of populism that is not the subject of this blog.
Global
Warming:
As per the
latest data and models that humans currently have, the melting of the Greenland
Glacier has reached a tipping point and has no chance to recover.
Furthermore,
the Climate models are all predicting that the doubling of the greenhouse gases
will cause a higher increase in the avg global temperature than previous models
predicted. Some are even predicting an increase of 5 degrees Centigrade.
Given the
lack of global consensus, there no chance for us humans reduce the amount of
greenhouse that we are emitting.
Nano
Plastic:
New
scientific evidence shows that plastic that we use are breaking down,
dissolving into micro and nano particles. These particles are dissolving into
all aspects of the food chain. It’s even been found in the glacier samples in
Antarctica. Think about that – even in Antarctica, its present. And more
plastic is entering the food cycle everyday.
Given, that
humans cannot reduce the usage of plastic, which has become ubiquitous in everyday
life. Of course, there is always the chance that someone can invent some
technology that compost plastic or remove the plastic from environment.
Pollution:
Have you
heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? If you have or haven’t – here is a
recap. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the name given to a large are of
marine debris containing of plastic and floating trash. It currently covers an
area of covers 1.6 million square kilometres. And this is just the debris that
has accumulated into some areas.
And more
pollutants are dissolving into the ocean, land every single day. All these are
entering our food chain, affecting local weather patterns in ways we cannot
even predict.
Choices
That Humans Have:
Now given
all the above – the survivability of humans is in question.
Humans have
2 choices:
Choice
A:
Do
everything we can to reduce greenhouse gases; reduce the plastic usage, remove
the plastic in environment, reduce the pollution in world and make the world a
better place to live.
Given the
lack of political will from governments across the globe – getting any of this done.
So, the
global avg temp is going to go up – humans will suffer, many millions will die,
many will suffer slow long-term effects like cancer, birth defects that are
debilitating.
And what about
the humans who survive – their genetic diversity will be very low. Will be
humans be able to recover from such an event? Depends on how many humans
survive, how much genetic variations there is among the humans that survive.
Too many factors that will need to be processed.
Now, lets
look at the other choice we have.
Choice
B:
Humans have
another choice – lets accelerate the amount of greenhouse gases in the
atmosphere; not reduce the usage of plastic.
I am saying
let’s go full head on crash into the destruction of our species. Why a long, slow drawn out death – when I say –
lets do the quick, single stroke death. A mercy killing if one could call it.
Some may
call it Nihilistic – but does anyone have a better idea??
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