I was reading an interview held by The Guardian, an on-line media site, with James Lovelock, who echoed a message that a brilliant physics student once told me in Flagstaff AZ: "there really isn't much to look forward to for us humans.... Things are looking pretty bad... We are past hope."
I conveyed to her that I hear her point of view and agreed that things are looking very bad. I also expressed it is the non-logical nature of Hope that must never be given up, for it serves as the glue for any efforts that are made to achieve intended change.
At times, I too fear that we may be reaching the threshold of no return and that our future on this Earth will be one of simple survival -for that is where the model of our existence is heading if things don't drastically change.
It is the most reasonable conclusion.
Perhaps even more reason to learn all that is possible in what makes up a sustainable culture.
That, is planning for the future, no matter the scenario we manifest.
http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2008/mar/01/scienceofclimatechange.climatechange
"Lovelock believes global warming is now irreversible, and that nothing can prevent large parts of the planet becoming too hot to inhabit, or sinking underwater, resulting in mass migration, famine and epidemics. Britain is going to become a lifeboat for refugees from mainland Europe, so instead of wasting our time on wind turbines we need to start planning how to survive. To Lovelock, the logic is clear. The sustainability brigade are insane to think we can save ourselves by going back to nature; our only chance of survival will come not from less technology, but more.
Nuclear power, he argues, can solve our energy problem - the bigger challenge will be food..." -article excerpt, theguardian
No matter what the future looks like, we must never abandone hope.
The day we do is the day we cease to be human.
Who is James Lovelock:
Website_Jameslovelock.org
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