Everything in nature has an exquisite sense of balance and beauty. But is the goddamned human race spoiling?

Question

that !?? Please excuse my french.

Who has given human beings the right to do whatever they please (just for their own benefit) on this 'planet...Earth' which is already getting depleted of its natural resources ? Aren't humans thinking a bit about future generations ? What if mother nature/Nature were to hit back at the human civilization one day ...& I am certain all technology will not be able to save the ill fated human race from Nature's wrath......Yes I am also a human being & v.sorry to say I am not being able to do anything good from my part to save this lovely planet which we call, 'earth'.

I am asking everybody here on YA for their respective opinions.

Thanks....

Answer 1

the mother is getting back at us already. weather changes, little micro viruses from place we are cutting down. If we continue some bug is going to come out and sting someone and lots of people are going to die. Or we are going to just run out of things. We are doing terrible things to the ocean and to the land. We can not continue on the path we are on with out her kicking us in the butt.

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

Mt Zion says it well, wildlife is rarely in perfect balance. It rushes from one kind of imbalance to the next... too many herbivores on the pasture so herbivores start to starve just as carnivore populations peak,.. Carnivores find the pickings great and eat the herbivores almost to extinction, which is almost good, because the pastures needed time to recover. Then the carnivores can not feed themselves so their populations crash just as the pastures are starting to recover.

If a carnivore population is able to switch from one herbivore population to another, it can take one of the herbivore populations to extinction.

Well humans act like those carnivores that can switch food sources. We can drive any species to extinction because we can sustain our populations with other game or vegetation.

It is not beneficial to any carnivore to drive any of its prey species to extinction, nor for humans to do so. It is also not beneficial to any species to increase its population to such an extent that it will severely stress the environment that sustains it. However, most species will do that.

If there is a species we might hope would stop this, it might be human. It would not however be a fait accomplis. We may yet do what too many other species would do, destroy our base of sustenance.

Try at least to lead by example. Be the change you cry out for.

Answer 4

You can only make this statement because of your bias.

In Geology we know about the damage of a single volcano, flood, ice storm, drought, hurricanes, typhoons, earthquake,

fires due to lightning.  With abundant food and water  animal populations increase and strip the vegetation bare, causing starvation.  

The cycle is constantly striving for homeostasis, or balance, as you say.

We as humans need to allow euthanasia on demand, abortion on demand at any stage of the pregnancy, recycle dead humans into fertilizer for crops, terminate all pregnancies with deformed, fetuses, allow terminal ill to choose euthanasia, allow suicide centers for all those wishing to do so from age 12 on, allow govt grown and taxed mood altering drugs, terminate all obese humans due to the cost of their medical care, free medical care, food, clothing, education.  The United Nations will ban warfare. Provide free trade among all countries, free housing for all.  Form a govt committee  to ban crime, UN to ban disease, govt supported 4 week vacations at govt expense, free tanning salons for all white people, free bleaching salons for all people of color, free tickets for Manchester futbol games,  schools to ban homework, students to be paid for grades, teacher salaries to be equal to top sales staff of commercial companies,

Answer 5

Have you ever studied wildlife?

Populations are generally stable, but they grow and shrink through time.  When they shrink, it is not pretty.  They generally shrink due to food availability, hence animals starve to death--naturally.

Have you ever seen the effects of drought on wildlife??

Balance and beauty at its best.

Answer 6

Not so much humans, but advertising convincing the weakminded among us we HAVE TO HAVE such and such junk.    Its like "must see tv".    I don't have a tv, so what happens to me?

Answer 7

ignorance is bliss.

humans are the dominate species...and its in our nature to consume, grow, expand, and conquor everything.

i dont think you can change this.