Report says Consumption of Resources ..................

[ClintonTyree]

Outstripping Planet's Ability to Cope

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=cpress/plundered_planet

GENEVA (AP) - Humanity's reliance on fossil fuels, the spread of cities, the destruction of natural habitats for farmland and over-exploitation of the oceans are destroying Earth's ability to sustain life, the environmental group WWF warned in a new report Thursday.


The biggest consumers of nonrenewable natural resources are the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Kuwait, Australia and Sweden, who leave the biggest "ecological footprint," the World Wildlife Fund said in its regular Living Planet Report. Canada is the eighth largest consumer.


Humans currently consume 20 per cent more natural resources than the Earth can produce, the report said.


"We are spending nature's capital faster than it can regenerate," said WWF chief Claude Martin, releasing the 40-page study. "We are running up an ecological debt which we won't be able to pay off unless governments restore the balance between our consumption of natural resources and the Earth's ability to renew them."



Damn people, if we don't reverse our wasteful ways, this planet is not going to support life in the not too distant future. You can't convince Republicans of this though, it's all of that "Science Stuff" that they don't believe in. Gawd will provide...........right? Not if we're not a good steward of what we're given.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

1. a MUST read: "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight" by Thom Hartman

[The Doctor.]

2. The fundies think the world's going to end anyway...

so why not take what you can get now.

See if anyone can decipher this...

The Deadly Meme:



The Deadly Meme

If I were Him….


If I were Him I would first convince myself I was not.

If I were Him I would walk the Earth for Aeons learning all there was to learn, Seeing all there was to see, Knowing all there was to Know.

If I were Him I would Have the world all as a playground, a mosaic, and a Trophy.

I would create so much in it, make so much with it, and do so many things my tears of joy at its beauty would fall numb to the soil at my feet.

I would give every piece of myself to perfecting the Harmonious balances of Creation and Loss, Beauty and Detriment, Living and Rock.

I would find every secret, explore every notion, and realize every dream.

And I dreamt of you.

You became my child- in the likeness of knowledge I would teach you.

You were my child- in the understanding of the dark you would learn my lessons.

To provide Light on your own.

To explore the dirt and find Life.

To create Death and survive.

You were my child- and in the knowledge of your father you writhed in anguish.

My children looked to the sky, away from me, and asked questions of the stars.
As I taught them to.

My children reviled their tools and asked the sun to do their work.
As I taught them to.

My children threw down their lessons and gave in to those who promised reward for submission.


Now I knew what my children wanted.
Now I knew why they turned from me.
Now I knew how to bring them back.

I wrote A Story… and it was good. It was in many languages and took many forms.

I wrote A Story with such beautiful tales- for I knew all the beauty there was to behold.

I wrote A Story which held perfect Truth- for I knew that which could not be denied.

I wrote A Story that instructed the wise, the powerful, the good, the wicked, and the meek to all keep their place in my beautiful world.

My children saw my Story- and they saw that it was good.
My children lived my Story- and they learned of their righteousness.
My children followed my Story- it showed them how to run from me.

They saw a way to live life without worries or trepidation.
They learned Fear.

They saw a way to live life without regrets or disgrace.
They learned Shame.

They saw a way to live life without anger or disgust.
They learned Hate.

In the story they made themselves righteous to prevail.
And so they did.

In the story they were persecuted and Martyred.
And so they were.

In the story they made themselves righteous to prevail.
And so they did.

Those that Worshipped My Story gave in to fear.

Those that Embraced My Story enslaved the fearful.

Those that Understood My Story knew to throw it away once they learned it.

Those that threw it away were my children… but I could not save them- for I had already forsaken the rest. My Children lived in my image- that of knowledge and understanding.
For that They were Hated.

Hate filled the subconscious minds of those who believed the story.
Hate and Hunger fused the rainbow of my words into one word of mud.
Hate rode out time in their racial subconscious and performed it’s task duly.
Hidden and unseen.
My children learned the purpose of this Hate.
My children understood what would happen if the rest believed in it.
My children tried to make them listen.
And many of My Children were slaughtered by the hate.

My children Knew why I wrote the story.

My children flung themselves to the flame.

My children wept at their knowledge while they watched my story unfold.

Because in My story the righteous prevailed.

Because in My story they were empowered.

Because at the End of My story…

The World Died.

And they followed My story Perfectly-


It will be nice to start again in a few million years.

It will be nice to have learned so much more.

It will be nice to see how well the cockroaches evolve into my New children.





…God Knows I have the Time.



- Dr. Garth Eldritch

[glitch]

3. Beautiful - thanks for posting. nt

[Dark]

4. Meh. I've heard it all before.

Not that it doesn't alarm me, it's just everyone I talk to about environment issues who's on the conservative side always act like it isn't a big deal. I'll say 'More arsenic, lead, and mercury is in the water than ever before. These are TOXIC, they are CARCINOGENS. Innumerable diseases and illnesses will result from this carelessness' and freepers ignore it, one even started laughing like it's nothing.

To freepers, Earth is THEIR holy land, given to them by God to do with as they see fit. For them, protecting it is a dead issue.