This is the earth. It has dying oceans. Polluted skies. Landfills with mountains of discarded junk. Hazardous waste. Agricultural run-offs and non-potable water in many areas where humans live.
So what is the plastic straw syndrome? This is the moment when Dorothy draws back the curtains and sees the creator. In our case, it’s where we realize that switching to a paper straw is simply a diversion to keep the curtain drawn. The truth may be that we as individuals can not make a difference in the demise of our only home, earth.
We go through life following a path of great mystery. Do we choose our own path, or is there some great destiny out there already written in the Akashic records?
So how are we creating global warming?
Some think there are natural cycles of the sun, moon, planets, and even asteroids creating all these floods, droughts, and earthquakes. However, for those of us who rely on spoon-fed knowledge through network TV, the growing consensus would be that mankind is creating too much CO2. Therefore the atmosphere is changing so we best stop burning fossil fuel and start using paper straws. I believed that either one or the other or both could be true, til I understood geoengineering.
Let’s just think about fossil fuels for a minute.
Burning oil, gas, and coal create CO2 and warms the planet by putting particles in the air trapping solar heat causing a greenhouse effect, and creating climate change. We love our cars and living in a warm home. In this case, the plastic straw would be turning down the thermostat and buying an electric car. All this while industry keeps viable by burning tons of coal, oil and gas so we can can have electric cars manufactured and charging stations supplied and operated off of fossil fuel.
Electric cars run on batteries. Lithium usually. A natural resource found in places like Afghanistan. Eventually our dependence on oil will morph into a dependence on lithium.
When we switch to battery-propelled cars we are producing mega-tons of CO2 through collecting natural resources, manufacturing, and charging stations. This is the plastic straw syndrome. A philosophy that buying an electric car, the actions of the little people (the individual), will end climate change.
If we put our heads together and spend more resources on developing nuclear fusion, instead of funding energy wars, we may end up on a predestined path that we built brick by brick. This will take a group effort.
Geo Engineering
We don’t hear much about ego-engineering, now called climate-engineering. While we’re worried about fossil fuels causing climate change we forget that for decades man has been controlling the weather. We have heard about seeding clouds to create rain. Why don’t we hear more about forced climate modification? It’s secret, it’s military, it’s war. This is the curtain that may never be drawn back. We will sip on our paper straw while driving our electric cars and think we are solving the enormous problem of continuing human existence.
Whether we limit burning fossil fuel or go nuclear, there are still unexposed perhaps diabolical mysteries that may be the biggest of all plastic straws.
