Terra Firma March 5, 2006
Posted by Salil in Industrial Behemoth.trackback
Dear all,
Here's an interesting thought….what if you were told to stand and stare at the exhaust pipe of a vehicle? And the thought that would bother your gray cells at that moment would be this…Can I make any use of the smoke that is being spewed out? Can I change the by- product of this reckless consumption back to its original form? What are the implications of this burning?
The questions are myriad and can be fired from angles that can make us squirm, uncomfortable or to be more precise plain disgusted. This applies to all and every aspect of life. These questions that i applied to just one aspect can spawn many more that sound similar but only their context is different. Everywhere we go, or atleast we plan to go lead us to the same dead end of self induced extinction.
Interesting concept ain't it? But its scary all the same. We explore other planets, in a hope that once we run out of this beauty plane,t we can go elsewhere. Don't get me wrong, that's all fine and also appears glossy, but till then what?
Do we continue to squander and plunder this place? This article must be similar to the millions around the world dealing with the same issue. But to think of it, it shall be a pity if we don't live the words we so passionately punch in as keystrokes. The point I am making here is, lets not fly so high off the ground that we can't see the place to land.
Pity isn't it? Our levels of consumerism have reached such levels that we no longer seem to give two hoots to where we are headed. It'll be taken care of by science, we got technology to restore it all, thats whats the common refrain and argument. Yes, and its true to an extent. But to what extent, when the ground itself is washed away , where can you stand?
Where's the Terra Firma that made our previous generations have that intrinsic knowledge of nature? Where are the tribes that we call "uncivilized" lived in Harmony with mother earth, rather than molesting her mercilessly to extract that last pound of flesh?
We seldom weep for the people affected by natural calamities, or man induced environmental disasters. As long as it is not on/at our doorstep, our vision seems strangely impaired. Activism is for fools. It threatens the System.
What system are we talking about? The system that can barely withstand the fury of nature or the ecosystem that supports our very living? Taking up cudgels against our man-made systems is forbidden and if you are brave enough then your freedom is stifled and curtailed. Or to put it simply you are ridiculed.
People shed a tear or two, feel sad for sometime and move on…….
Sounds bleak doesn't it? Well thats the whole point.
yours,
Cerebral Play
Well well well… Thats is indeed a mind boggling thought. I might not loose even a night’s sleep over it but yes it can make any individual who is completely dependent on the worldly comforts go haywire.
Was that too complicated to understand…. ok let me try and make it simple.
The world is undoubtedly in a soup but only for those so called ” highly developed” individuals. For a farmer in the country side it doesnt really matter if the resources are depleting and that he is not going to enjoy electricity for long. He’s life doesnt entirely depend on such add ons. Now you see what i am referring to.
It is beguile for us to believe that the world is in for trouble in the future for everybody.. No it is not. The issue has become so big as the super power is being adversely affected. Since it is their problem it is being projected as the problem of the entire universe.
Guess, the readers of this might not agree with me as they are all the well off ones who will be affected with the alarming problem so let me leave at this note.