The Environment

There are these things called trees. As it turns out there’s a whole forests of them in various countries including South America. It rains a lot there (my guess is the rain clouds get stuck in the trees). Trees make wood. Actually trees are wood. Wood makes all sorts of paper, like “towel” and “toilet” and “writing”… so people chop down the trees in the forests. After the trees are taken out, the animals who lived in them die. Oh well. The rain is freed! And no longer stays in that area. The land dries up and can no longer sustain vegetation, creating deserts in some cases.

Meanwhile the wind currents, rain, and other weather conditions adjust to the changes. The fresh-to-salt water ratio is altered as well as ocean currents patterns. Tsunamis, floods, hurricanes are some side effects of this. Then of course there’s the way the coasts are affected as a result of these effects… But people further inland away from the coasts don’t have to worry.

But the weather does tend to change… because the coastal weather moves inland with its rain and wind. When the weather is shifted, these things called seasons –extended periods of weather patterns- also change. For instance winter turns to spring. Only instead of it happening 3 months later, it happens IN winter. Crops, livestock, trees, grass, animal life, other nature things start to have negative reactions to these changes. Ultimately the cost of food goes up because there are issues with the crops and livestock being produced. But Twinkies will still be there when you go to the grocery store, so no worries.

Plus there’s always sea food. Fish live in these thing called oceans, which now have slightly changed currents and fresh-to-salt water ratio adjustments… They also have occasional oil spills. And there is sometimes coral bleaching. And occasionally sea creatures are “harvested” in mass amounts. But you’re not supposed to be eating that much fish anyway. They have mercury issues…

The world is suffering and will continue to do so. As time goes on the conditions will get worse –especially when plagues come, beloved species of animals become extinct, food shortages become an issue, water becomes scarcer… it will be bad. Wars will be inevitable. Mass death will become an everyday occurrence.

Some people are in doubt and denial about this. Some are worried sick. Some are generally concerned, but won’t do much. A few people will destroy the planet further –especially people and corporations who seek to gain without worrying about the costs it will be to others. A few other people will go out of their way dedicating their lives to understanding the world and relieving it of its problems. But the majority of people will acknowledge the world’s issues and occasionally feel inspired to donate money and recycle when they feel like it.

The problems with the world were caused by extensive acts over a long period of time. Small acts, even if done by a lot of people, will only lessen the problems, not solve them. And people are procrastinators by nature meaning when it gets to a dangerous level and the world is on the brink, then people will finally start to try and change things. But at that point they will only achieve the decisive action of change –not the time required to make it ultimately effective. And at that point, time may run out altogether.

Man cannot create the tree. He can plant a seed in the grown. He can tear the tree down. But man cannot create the tree. If the tree is gone, only the Creator of the World can bring it back.