We are in a climate crisis and we need to end the use of fossil fuels in our country. It is just that simple. No more greenhouse gas emissions. We need to push the curve currently destroying Earth the other way. The biotic Earth doesn't have enough trees or wildlife habitat. The oceans are becoming very warm and fish are now found far more north because the water temperature is an issue of survival for them. Also, plastics in our ocean is an enormous problem, microbeads have now been found in our food chain. That's right, human beings dumped their microbeads into the ocean and other waters and it is now coming back to haunt us.
You may (click here) have heard from friends, read the blogs, and seen the articles – microplastics have infiltrated our marine and freshwater environments. Whether they're plastic microbeads from personal care products (think facial scrubs, exfoliating cleansers, and toothpaste), or plastic microfibers from your favorite yoga pants, small plastics escape our wastewater treatment facilities and enter the water stream....
A global pandemic with variants coming out every other week. Currently, there is a new omicron virus variant that is proving to be a problem far greater than the other variants. I TOLD YOU SO. This was bound to happen as people put their "liberty" before the public health. Again, more wayward decisions by the Supreme Court.
There are gun deaths in the USA surmounting previous records. President Biden is about to issue an order regarding "ghost guns." There is too much violence in the USA. I think the country needs to revisit efforts by states to limit the availability of high powered weapons on the market and if legislation can actually stop the deaths we are witnessing.
There is a Russian president that has blatantly disobeyed international order and laws. He has committed genocide including at least 200 dead children. These children did nothing to Putin, yet they are dead anyway. The West has acted valiantly. The West opened it's borders to parents and children and elderly and there are many Ukrainians now safe that would otherwise have been killed in the impulsive war by Russia. No punishment for this regime in Russia is too great. This is the year 2022 and we are witnessing genocide by a large country with nuclear capacity.
Our legal system has been burdened as never before with an insurrection that was inspired by a former president. It was this past week when Trump stated he wanted to march to the Capitol with the demonstrators. It was for politics and to drive his MAGA electorate to the voting booths in 2022. It is very unfortunate Trump still has a megaphone to continue to press an ideology harmful to the USA Constitution. The coup was prevented on January 6th because Vice President Pence loves this country just the way it is. We were lucky in many ways, including the fact no Congress person was killed. Unfortuantely, the police that responded that day have suffered.
We live in dangerous times, but, incredible times whereby computers extend our ability to work quickly on issues of survival on Earth. We must tackle these problems no matter how uncomfortable it makes us feel about our politics. The best way forward is TOGETHER and on the same page that will end these tragedies. It is vital we end the lethargy of putting profits before life. Profits should follow THE BEST PRACTICES of living on Earth. We need to do this now.
