I am one of those nuts who really believes that the natural world will take care of itself with or without our help.. We've heard the expression "too big to fail" a lot lately in another context. Nature is too big to fail!
If I were to build something really great, I would protect it with every resource at my disposal. If I could, I would construct it in such a way that it could identify and correct problems on its own If I can figure that out, someone much smarter than I am certainly could. Today some cars and computers do that.
Along the southern part of the NJ Parkway there are several signs of past fires among the trees lining the road. Guess what, they have all returned to close to their original condition. Experts tell us that beaches do not really erode. They are actually relocated. It seems like erosion only because some people decided to live close to where the beaches used to be.
The entire surface of the earth has been rearranged, been covered by water and uncovered. Whole continents have been displaced. Were these catastrophes or nature at work? New Orleans is below sea level. Why wouldn't you expect it to flood?
The history of earth's geology and weather, forests and rivers is a record of change. Nature is not static and changes should not always be interpreted as impending calamities. Nature, or the force behind nature, has a vested interest in preserving itself in whatever way it can. The fact that it may sometimes inconvenience us does not make it wrong or bad. This planet has experienced monumental "disasters" but it is still here.
Some of us enjoy warm climates, others the cold. You can't usually find a lot of warmth on top of mountains or in northern areas so if that is what you want, "go south, young man". If you enjoy the cold, snow and ice, go north. If nature decides to reverse that, move. The earth is here to support life. All that we require to survive is here. It has to be otherwise we have become extinct long ago. We just have to learn to use it.
If I were to build something really great, I would protect it with every resource at my disposal. If I could, I would construct it in such a way that it could identify and correct problems on its own If I can figure that out, someone much smarter than I am certainly could. Today some cars and computers do that.
Along the southern part of the NJ Parkway there are several signs of past fires among the trees lining the road. Guess what, they have all returned to close to their original condition. Experts tell us that beaches do not really erode. They are actually relocated. It seems like erosion only because some people decided to live close to where the beaches used to be.
The entire surface of the earth has been rearranged, been covered by water and uncovered. Whole continents have been displaced. Were these catastrophes or nature at work? New Orleans is below sea level. Why wouldn't you expect it to flood?
The history of earth's geology and weather, forests and rivers is a record of change. Nature is not static and changes should not always be interpreted as impending calamities. Nature, or the force behind nature, has a vested interest in preserving itself in whatever way it can. The fact that it may sometimes inconvenience us does not make it wrong or bad. This planet has experienced monumental "disasters" but it is still here.
Some of us enjoy warm climates, others the cold. You can't usually find a lot of warmth on top of mountains or in northern areas so if that is what you want, "go south, young man". If you enjoy the cold, snow and ice, go north. If nature decides to reverse that, move. The earth is here to support life. All that we require to survive is here. It has to be otherwise we have become extinct long ago. We just have to learn to use it.
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