More specifically, Pope Francis said on May 21, 2014;
"If we destroy creation, creation will destroy us."
One must give pause to ask if the Pope's words are a hyperbole or prophecy? Is this a prophecy because it is from a study of theology or is this a hyperbole from a review of scientific data?
Some will say perhaps there is a little of both, because of the sound belief that we must all care for what and who we have in our lives. If we are not our brother's keeper and the keeper of our earth, will the results be a profound loss of our biodiversity as we know it?
"If we destroy creation, creation will destroy us."
I am tired of people claiming they know the "We Are Doomed" scenario just for their 15 minutes of fame and the other side saying, "Never In My Lifetime" will this happen. Well, what about your children or grandchildren's lifetime? Both these claims are not formulated well at all and they are immensely selfish. Humankind is very intelligent, when we choose to be, and we can overcome greed by learning how to evaluate all the facts. The book by John Klotz, called Quantum Christ: The Shroud of Turin and the Apocalypse of Selfishness offers an excellent presentation on how we must evaluate everything correctly (even God) and be selfless.
Evaluating the real science about Climate Change shows our oceans are approximately 1.5 to 2 degrees warmer over the past 5 decades. An increase by two more degrees over another decade or two is very disconcerting because scientific data shows a warmer planet will cause the ice of the Tundra to melt. The known methane trapped within that ice will warm and turn into a gas. Thus, escaping into the atmosphere of our world, causing more warming since methane gas is far worse than the carbon emissions that create a Greenhouse effect. You may wish to consider the information provided by Thom Hartmann in The Last Hours Of Humanity: Warming The World To Extinction.
As individuals, we must make choices that can contribute positively to helping our world and be within our realistic budgets of time and capabilities. For myself, I do not own a car. When the Tesla electric car becomes affordable, I will consider that car if I can recharge the batteries with solar panels. Then, yes I will recycle the batteries and all the car parts when the vehicle no longer functions correctly. However, the world needs Hydrogen Fuel Cell cars running off of free rain water, and separating the Hydrogen on demand. (Please use my SEARCH box above to peruse GTG blogs on Hydrogen Fuel Cells) For political leaders and corporations, the responsibilities are far greater and there is a definitive need to realize basic facts: To paraphrase another Pope, "People ahead of profits" was said by Pope Benedict XVI and Matthew Kelly stated in his book The Dream Manager: "Contrary to unwritten management theory and popular practice, people do not exist for the company. The company exists for people."
Bill Lauto,
Environmental Scientist at
GoingTrueGreen.com
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