Due to the impending nuclear crisis and climate change, scientists from around the world gathered on Wednesday to turn Chicago's doomsday clock two minutes closer to midnight. Among those attending the ominous ceremony was a well-known astrophysicist with a prophecy brewing in his head.
"We foresee great peril if governments and societies don't take action now to offset climate change..it is now five to midnight."Stephen Hawking
Oh, the things we must do for attention. If it weren't for Greenpeace's rowdy antics and revealing pranks, it might just be me out there pantsing old bureaucrats. Not that I've ever actually pantsed anyone, but I do have a certification for that.
Stephen Hawking has a point and he's not afraid to use it. Without an immediate and positive action taken towards our environment, our home planet may be toast. Over the past several months, scientists have been predicting the time when the ice caps will melt to be earlier and earlier; So there's no way of telling whether or not this will affect our current generation. Either way, someone will have to pick up the tab for our inaction..Say "babies" ten times fast!
Our perpetual presence in Iraq has had quite an impact on global priorities, if not directly, then indirectly through distraction. If our economic and human resources keep being squandered on oil-bent wars, which kill thousands of potential America-lovers, how can there be peace? I'm sure President Bush will claim to his grave that oil was only an after-thought to him, but let's be honest..we're creating enemies for energy over there. Certainly, the American Nuclear Monopoly doesn't help the fact that everyone and their neighboring country hates us; and with Iran and North Korea drooling over the power dish, there's no telling how far they'll go to keep their technology.
If there's ever going to be any trend-bending, our government has to change their way of thinking and find a more efficient energy source. The exportation of non-petrol/non-nuclear energy would provide thousands of jobs and billions of dollars to further strengthen our economy, as well as our neighbors'. Along with that little booster, Iran would no longer have an excuse to enrich uranium..wouldn't that be a trick?
