Hot topic in the news today? Artificial trees, salt sprinkling boats, reflective discs launched into space.
Have we not yet realised that all our attempts to battle against nature so far have failed to some degree, sometimes disastrously. We need to help nature do her thing, not try and combat the outcomes.
The biggest failing of all these projects is the notion that we are ‘saving the planet’. No, we’re not. We’re trying to save our own backsides from the destruction that we have inflicted on a living breathing organism. Whether you believe in Gaia or climate change is irrelevant, the science clearly demonstrates that something is happening and it’s big.
If we are to survive as a species we need to stop seeing ourselves as something special and recognise the limitations of our own ecology. We are just as likely to become extinct as any other creature and more fool us.
Nature spent millions of years designing her creations. Do we really, truly believe we can do better with our own technology?