Finally, I understand.
So, the other night I was watching an interview with Stephen Hawking who, when asked the future of mankind on planet Earth, hinted that our future lies in the stars.
A recent article/ news release by the organization IPBES would tend to back up this opinion.
So, I’m beginning to understand the rush by NASA, Elon Musk, and several nations, to leave Earth as soon as possible. I really don’t like the idea that Elon Musk is using us to finance his dream through the promotion and production of electric vehicles, etc, but I’m beginning to understand that global warming is only a part of our problem, and that before things get chaotic it might be best to catch a rocket to Mars…even if it’s a one way ticket.
It’s sad when you stop and think about it. All that we have to do is make having children a privilege, instead of a right, and we might save this lonely blue planet. Of course this would stand in the way of the righteous who welcome Armegedon as a means of getting to God knows where.
Now, I’m what younger persons would call ancient, so why should I be concerned what hppens in the next few years? I suppose that I’ve become accustomed to this place, compounded by the fact that a one way ticket to the stars will not be offered to the likes of me, nor will it be offered to any who might read this article, including their children, and the children of their children. I’m afraid that it’s going to get a bit messy here on planet Earth, unless there’s a great deal of personal sacrifice, which we know isn’t going to happen.
So, to steal a line from song in the film The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, “So long and thanks for all the fish”.
History, if we’re to leave some record, will reveal that we were the shortest lived species on planet Earth, and we will have the distinction of being the only one that deliberately caused their own extinction.
We, of course, won't be alone as we become extinct. First to go will probably be some of the following species, their habitat destroyed in mankind's scramble to survive.
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| Drake Bufflehead Duck Watercolour Study |
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| Barred Owl Etching |
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| Mates - Canada Geese Watercolour Painting |
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| Drake Wood Duck watercolour Painting |
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| Stormy Sky - Canada Geese Watercolour Painting |
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| Spooked - Drake Mallard Watercolour Painting |
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