The Environment

Almost every modern human understands that the ecosystem of our planet is in destruction. We have over taxed what our planet can hold since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. This status quo was determined by the ignorance of our forefathers, which must be solved today.

Unfortunately, it also seems that some people wish to put off solutions to my generation. In further misfortune, some people today offend all intelligent children of the world by stating that we are supposed to solve all the world's problems when we grow up. It is wrong to believe that corporate executives can relax because their children will clean up the environment. Action has to be taken now, before consequences render Earth uninhabitable. Wall-E is not where I personally want to end up.

However, some simply put aside environmental catastrophe as a myth. This is not money wasted stupidly. It's the complete and utter revitalization of a dying planet. I think a billion or two is worth the survival of the human race.

How can we stop the rage of global climate change and other stresses on the planet? We must outdate processes that are detrimental to the Earth's ecosystem. That means the complete shut down of coal and oil fired power plants. Instead, nuclear technology should be advanced. A single nuclear power plant can provide energy for aircraft carriers, which are akin to mobile towns. If nuclear power is used so widely in the military world, why not use it to energize the United States? If the obsession with nuclear safety causes fear, let the public know that only 8 accidents (including Chernobyl) have occurred in the history of the use of nuclear power. Therefore, nuclear power is a clean and safe alternative to coal and oil.

However, while the funds for nuclear power plants are assembled, humanity should hold itself over with sustainable technologies that fit the environment. Solar, wind, and tidal power should be used where each would be most efficient, and can be continued to be used in the case of a disappearance of uranium fuel.

For the modern era, hybrids should become the standard vehicle, until the further development of hydrogen fuel cell or nuclear powered vehicles. Eventually, nuclear fusion should replace fission reactors when technology becomes feasible.

However (and this may be the most un-environmental statement I make to fanatics), eco-activism is not a viable solution. Many of its quick-solving ideas fall apart under close examination. For example, plastic reusable containers require soap made from oil by-products, which can pollute the ocean. Therefore, using a reusable plastic container for lunch may have worse consequences than solutions. Advanced technology can remove these paradoxes. Therefore, governments must put aside large amounts of resources for the development of green technology.

Eco-activists do have a few things correct, however. Using fluorescent light bulbs and buying organic (not locally grown; local growing can cause paradoxes) food provide very intelligent solutions that should be implemented on a grander scale.

This article would be incomplete without an assessment of the recent disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. All I can say is that BP needs smarter engineers. A plug could seriously just be a concrete block pumped down in to the crack. We don't need massive, two-story, billion-dollar structures that don't end up working. As Albert Einstein stated, "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."