Climate Change. I'm not speaking globally but from the perspective of an American.
A recent NASA report states that in the last several decades, the temperatures in America have risen every decade. Apparently, we aren't doing enough to slow down global warming. Solar power, hybrid/electric vehicles, recycling, etc., are way too little and too slow.
The general public seems to feel that changing the type of lightbulb they use, recycling their trash, buying hybrid or electric vehicles or vehicles with a high MPG is enough for them to say they're doing "their share."
Aside from vehicle emissions, what contributes to climate change? Top of the list is Population Growth. Just the mere number of people expelling their breath, gases, and body products add a lot. Population growth worldwide is doubling faster. We are now at Over 7 Billion. Add to that all the animals we need to survive. Their numbers have grown to keep up with the human population growth. Animals add their carbon dioxide to the human's and that number is humongous! More people means more vehicles, more wild lands to house the people (less oxygen production and replacement), more carbon dioxide, more electronics (humans are insatiable in this category). All of these and More contribute to climate change. And it all begins with the human population.
Areas of the world that depend on annual rains/monsoons are drying up, getting less rainfall every decade. Rivers that provide sustenance to millions of people are drying up because the glaciers that feed them are shrinking faster.
As temperatures around the world change, our weather patterns change. That fact directly impacts on the world's food production.
At the base of all of these negative factors? The Human Population which grows unchecked, faster and faster every decade. Our population growth is destroying our world. And No One wants to admit it...no one.
Economy:
I've learned that America's money is based on Nothing. In the past, our dollars were backed by silver and/or gold. Now it's not backed by anything. If our government needs more money, it just prints it--kinda like counterfeiting. Then it creates an IOU for the amount it printed. Then the IOUs are sold to anyone who wants to buy them, such as China and other smaller countries. Right now China owns most of the US's IOUs. Will they ever foreclose on the US? Maybe eventually.
Of note is the fact that many European countries have followed America's lead.
What will happen to the world's economy when the holders of the IOUs demand redemption? The experts in world economy say the economies of the world will fall like dominoes, one country after another. I know America cannot possibly buy back their IOUs. Will that mean that China and/or other countries holding American IOUs become the new "owners" of America? What about the European IOUs? Will the holders of those IOUs also demand redemption? Of course they will.
Burning Question: Who will save us from Us? True, the Earth has gone through many global climate changes. However, it progressed through them slowly over thousands/millions of years. The current climate change is being spurred on by Us and we're speeding up the process to take only 1 or 2 centuries. We want what we want NOW. We don't give a hoot about the world's future. We want our toys and enjoyments Today and we want as much as we can get and as quickly as we can get it.
Trash: Look around you. EVERYTHING you see that's man-made is Future Trash. Everything! In my neighborhood, trash and recycle material is picked up every week. Many of the trash and recycle receptacles are filled to overflowing. That's every week--52 weeks every year.
