Its been over 200 years that electricity has been discovered. We are now dependent on electricity like never before. If there is a big enough blackout on earth our whole lives would come to a standstill. No music, no lights, no A/Cs, no computers. Life as we know it would come to a halt, throwing back civilization 200 years.
Now we have become addicted to electricity and just like a drug addict needs a bigger and bigger dose of the vile stuff, we are mining more coal, more barrels of oil are being drawn out, more nuclear reactors are being planned.
All this makes me wonder, how long can this be sustained? If we try to look at 200 years from now, will we have a society that thinks electricity is a relic of the past. Will we have a world where the main energy is not electricity? Is there an alternative to electricity to power our music players, cars, lights, A/Cs, computers, which would be cleaner and be more compatible with our spaceship technologies.
Step 1. Google.
Now we have become addicted to electricity and just like a drug addict needs a bigger and bigger dose of the vile stuff, we are mining more coal, more barrels of oil are being drawn out, more nuclear reactors are being planned.
All this makes me wonder, how long can this be sustained? If we try to look at 200 years from now, will we have a society that thinks electricity is a relic of the past. Will we have a world where the main energy is not electricity? Is there an alternative to electricity to power our music players, cars, lights, A/Cs, computers, which would be cleaner and be more compatible with our spaceship technologies.
Step 1. Google.
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Liked the way you added an historical perspective to a scientifical/political issue. I think things will change, although it can take some time. Signs are there, with efforts being taken at a higher government level.
What is irritating though is the plain lip service that most corporations are doing, by just labelling there producst green because it sells.
Old fashion comes back. Life moves in cycles rather than in one direction. So also the attitude of living in harmony with the surroundings will come back.
I think man has done a stupid thing: Cutting the same branch that he was sitting on. Thinking objectively about nature. We ARE Nature, a part of it. There is no question of respecting nature or doing xyz to nature. Whatever we are doing we are doing to ourselves. And i think man should not worry about nature, but only worry about himself, earth can take care of itself - a single seed and make the whole earth green !
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