Silverscale derg
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I guess we can all agree the earth is in great danger and since all forms of life depend on the planet, the future of humankind and millions of other species is in danger too. The list of threats is long and well known:
- Global Climate change
- Pandemics
- Over consumption of the earth’s resources by a growing population
- Pollution
- Deforestation
- Oceanic dead zones and overfishing
- Wars
- Etc, ect, etc…
In 2016 Stephen Hawking said that we are living through the most dangerous time in the history of the human race (This is the most dangerous time for our planet | Stephen Hawking). There is one particular sentence that stands out for me “We now have the technology to destroy the planet on which we live, but have not yet developed the ability to escape it.”
More recently, in August this year Pope Francis as said that our common home is at risk “The service of the common good is left behind. Once capital becomes an idol and guides people’s decisions, once greed for money presides over the entire socioeconomic system, it ruins society, it condemns and enslaves men and women, it destroys human fraternity, it sets people against one another and, as we clearly see, it even puts at risk our common home, Sister and Mother Earth.” Independently of any religious belief, I think he’s right. Here’s the full article in case anyone is interested - Pope Francis on the Dangers Facing Mother Earth.
We have lost a number of battles but the war is not yet lost. Some still have the hope that humans will find ways to fix these problems and set things on the right track. That solution will, for those who still have faith in human kind, be provided mostly by technology. It is true that things are advancing in a lot of areas but are they advancing fast and far enough? Will the technological advancements necessary to save the earth arrive on time? And if they do, can technology alone do it?
Can the outcome be positive without a radical change in human mentality and behavior and what are the odds of people accepting to stop all forms of corruption and live with less in order to save the planet?
I don’t want to be negative but knowing what I know about humans, I don’t trust our species to do the right thing. What is your take on this?
After humans have gone away by killing themselves off, we dragons will flood earth which we have made and salvage it, clean the air, clean the water. Without humans wildlife will be great such as Chernobyl. It's radioactive yes but the plants seem to be growing quite well, the wildlife there is good too.
It's inevitable that humankind will destroy itself for humans are their own worst enemies. All the creature's who's life was taken will slowly be put back to earth too after they're gone. The thought of them being killed yet again just for a hunter to skin them and throw them out without eating them is disrespectful especially with the pain of death they had to go through