Another option is to lead by example and forsake society. Learn about primitive living and live in the wilderness.
humanity did live as this once in the Hunter/Gathering stage of our development. At that time, also, there were less than a million people on this
world. Think of the areas where mankind can survive climatically. Not very extensive. So, will you be one of chosen few who gets to live in the
wilderness, or one of the 6 billion odd people that die off?
Our last conquered planet could have been Mars. I can see earth looking like that one day.
Prepare to move on to Venus!!!
You are assuming we destroyed mars, hopped in our space ships after destroying every trace of civilization, hopped over to earth and destroyed every
trace of our technology, to start again? Oh, and you're also assuming that we seeded every plant and animal on earth from mars, so that they share a
similiar geneology? If that'[s the case, then you could be right, sir.
the technonoly is available, honda, acura, even ford have the abilitys. someone has to start mass producing hybrid first then hopefully others will
follow.
Fact: The technology to build a hydrogen-powered car is available.
Fact: The price of each prototype H2 car is in the price range of several thousand dollars. It will be years before the fuel cell will be at an
economic leve to permit mass production.
Fact: There is no (inter)national infrastructure that would be able to support a sudden glut of H2 capable cars onto the market. That infrastructure
will come from either two directions: Macro (H2-capable gas stations), o rthe Micro level (Hydrogen produced off of your natural gas line or solar
power from your home). How many of you are able to invest in H2 production equipment? Not many. There are many more problems with the Blessed H2 car.
Back in the 1900's, who would have caught wind of Diesel's engine, or the combustion engine made by Mercedes and thought "Hey, let's stop breeding
horses and pump out MILLIONS of these suckers!"
Not nessesarily the batteries (harmful to the enviroment in their own right), but the hydrogen itself is produced in a dirty way. H2 is more of an
energy storage system in that energy is taken from the Coal plant and used to crack the oxygen out of the water to create H2, even more to compress it
and get it to your local H2 station. Don't like coal? how about some more nuclear plants? No? Well, we could invest in wind power, buuuuuutt...
NOT
IN
MY
BACKYARD
Asphalt, the stuff we use on our developed roads and highways, is actually 90% reusable. Essentially, Asphalt it is the thick and gloppy stuff that's
left over from oil processing. That is mixed when aggregate stone, voila, you have a road covering that is fairly flexible and durable once it cools.
Rip it up, melt it down, add in new aggregate and maybe some recycled tires for good measure, and lay it back down on the road
What I'm getting at here is that it's not enough to tell people that the human race is a disease on the earth. It's no use wishing for things to
change, either. It is also unnessescary to go to the extremes of living in the wilderness.
Main Entry: ge·stalt
Pronunciation: g&-'s(h)tält, -'s(h)tolt
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural ge·stalt·en /-&n/ or gestalts
: a structure, arrangement, or pattern of physical, biological, or psychological phenomena so integrated as to constitute a functional unit with
properties not derivable by summation of its parts
Source: The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Human kind is a gestalt. What I mean by this is that, from the outside looking in, we are viewed as a warlike culture that delights in nothing more
than drinking, polluting, and pillaging.
With the vast scheme of things, it's obvious to look at ourselves and give up in the immensity of the situation. The key to the gestalt, though, is
that we are the fundamental units of the humanity we are.
The human body also serves as an example of a gestalt. All our organs serve a greater good to make up our body. Take them apart from eachother, they
are lumps of flesh and goo that do nothing. Hook them together, and we've got a heart that beats, lungs that breathe, intestines that power it, all
supported by a skeleton that is protected by your skin.
In the gestalt system, you cannot be readily differentiated from the masses. But you can make a difference. The majority of humanity, myself included,
does not have the intelligence or or technical know-how to donate some miracle technology to humanity. You are part of humanity, for better or worse.
With that distinction made, you don't have to be a geinus or a saint. You just have to be a good human. Take responsibility for your actions. Turn
off lights when you don't use them. Take shorter showers. If you can afford it, invest in some solar panels (Very long lifespan, by the way). Grow an
organic garden. For gods' sake, stop buying at wal mart or mcdonalds. Give to charity. The list goes on.
Our ancestors made a great big mess of this planet. We can't just give up and say "Good try", can we? Just...take responsibility for who you are,
and what your actions mean to the greater good. That's the first step.
If you don't mind, I'm gonna go ahead and get off this soap box
[edit on 29-1-2006 by TheGoodDoctorFunk]
