Less space more wind please!
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I've always thought space exploration was the biggest waste of money. I mean sure, it would be *interesting* to find out more about black holes and life elsewhere but give me a break! Think of all the improvements here on Earth we could have achieved with the amount of money we've spent on farting around in space.
I realise that there are some benefits to humanity from the whole space thing like Velcro and dry ice cream that you can buy from the NASA gift shop (my friend brought me back some once but I thought it was pretty grim) but seriously if you lived in the Maldives (or anywhere else at risk of flooding due to rise in sea level) which would you pick when given the choice between Velcro and a dry home above sea level?
Same goes for the amount of money spent on lots of stupid things like military for example but that's a whole different story. Basically - Governments need to start putting their money where their mouths are. Blair loves to shout about global warming but the UK is not on target and wont be until he starts putting his empty words into action. Same goes for most of the developed countries. While some will say that the US is much worse and I would agree... at least they don't make promises that they have no intention of keeping (Kyoto).
So what's the latest action we can take for the planet? While looking at Treehugger.com I noticed that a certain ice cream company is rather devoted to raising awareness about climate change. Some environmentalists (including myself) may argue that any company who makes money from cows releasing methane (a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide) into the atmosphere has got to be having a laugh when they say they are serious about helping to stop climate change but aside from that, what they've been doing is really quite groovy. Check it out.
I really enjoyed reading Haley Potter's blog about her experience in Greenland and I did my bit and joined her campaign which simply involved sending an e.mail to Tony Blair urging him to shape up on renewable fuels.
Lisa.
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Comments
It is sad that a lot of money is spend in the space research. It seems selfish, specially now that we are confronting many issues. The want to go to space and they can not solve their own conflicts. Americans must their feet on earth, smell the roses, faraway girls are getting rape and children are still being killed in a war that they do not understand
Posted by: Flavio Edwin | July 12, 2006 09:24 AM