The power of social media.

Fairness is socialism!!
Socialism and communism are the greatest evils!
We love Russia!
Putin and Kim Jong-Un forever!
Make the rich richer whatever the cost!!
It must be true!
These two sets of statistics are the core stark realities behind global warming, migration, and pressure on food and water resources.
In just 70 years:-
Growth in total world population:
1951 — 2,584,034,261
2021 — 7,874,965,825
Growth in total world emissions of CO2:
1951 — 6 billion tonnes
2021 — 36 billion tonnes
Sadly, with COP26, it looks like the can, containing the ‘greener solutions’, will get kicked, yet again, further down the road. ![]()
Those are the stats during my lifetime!!
What do I glean from this?
Thanks John Crosby!!
The Day Will Come
The day came
When the last bird croaked;
When the last breath
Of fresh air
Blew across the last blade of grass;
And everyone walked about
In protective suits,
Breathing manufactured air
Pumped in
From the chemical plants.
But they were no longer human.
Opher – 24.7.2019
The day will come.
We are laying down the framework for the future. It can be whatever we want. But instead of making sensible decisions we are drifting along in a consumer nightmare. Mindlessly we are stumbling like sheep towards the abattoir. The day will come but we don’t have to help it on its way.
Nature on the Run
Nature on the run
In a great killing spree;
Chainsaws, chemicals and bullets
By political decree.
Rainforests – the lungs
Of the world –
In danger of choking
As all the trees are felled.
Displaced creatures
Crawl off to die.
As thoughtless greed
Threatens you and I.
Opher – 8.7.2019
There is a great madness at work as we continue to plunder and pillage nature without a thought for the future.
Species after species is sent tumbling to extinction so that executives of corporations and politicians can live in luxury.
Without a thought for tree or creature we are ripping up the world.
Bolsonaro puts profit before Nature.
Blah Blah Blah
Talk but no action. Will the wealthy take a hit to save the future or will greed prevail as always?
Will the politicians risk jeopardising re-election? Or will they really sell it to the electorates?
Will the world pull back from the brink or topple over the edge?
Is Gaia taking revenge?

Overpopulation is the cause
Overpopulation is the cause of the pain.
Eight billion mouths to feed.
Sixteen billion feet head off in search of food.
While the population breed.
They are chopping down the trees
Killing everything that moves.
Providing for their children and
Ignoring anyone who disapproves.
But there’s only so much wilderness
So many creatures to eat.
They are battling against nature
And inflicting a defeat.
Opher 24.4.2019
We can’t go on chopping down the forests and killing everything. There are limits.
With eight billion mouths needing feeding, huge numbers of fish to be dragged from the water, massive amounts of land cleared and used for agriculture, we are reaching the limit.
Our sheer numbers are destroying the world.