Save the Earth = End the Human Race (Part 1)

We lead our lives in blindness. A blindness that forbids us to see that almost every (if not, EVERY) aspect of our existence requires the exploitation of the natural world in a destructive way.

The electric power that runs through our power cables sustains the simplest of our needs. That electric power, invisible but powerful, is fed from power stations that require the use of different fuel types. Crude oil derived fuel types gets processed to create the electric power.

These fuel types create pollutants.

Natural gases can be used too. But they create pollutants too. Nuclear power? The waste gets chucked somewhere and hopefully remains inert long enough not to stain the ground that covers it.

The most taken-for-granted things in our lives presuppose the destructive exploitation of our natural world too. The mouse that guides my cursor across my flashy computer screen, the fabrics that make up the clothes I'm wearing now, the cigarette I will consume later, the cutlery I use everyday...

...all involve industrial processes that involves the destructive exploitation of our natural world.

Even the most intimate and most precious aspects of our experiences compromise our natural world. The tools and machines that ensures the survival of our newborn, the simple comfort of drinking our favourite iced lemon tea, the darkened shade of lighting that is the comforting blanket that embraces our naked bodies, the decorations that enhance the experience of a memorable event...

The automatic destructive expoitation of the natural world has not only become a mechanical and ingrained process in human activities, it has become an ingrained process. It supports our everyday existence as human beings, from our most intimate experiences to our most triumphant moments.

To stop this destructive expoitation means we have to pull the plug on everything that makes our existence comfortable, easy and possible.

To stop this destructive expoitation means we remove millions of jobs that rely on the perpetuation of these processes, to take away the livelihood of millions, and snatch away the food from the mouths of the loved ones whom they feed.

To stop this destructive exploitation means we deprive ourselves from the luxurious joys of our existence, the power hungry movie theatres that we hide in to explore new worlds and new emotions, the pages we glance through to enrich our minds and consciousness, the sights and sounds we experience in our chosen cyber-universes.

Why has our human existence been so intertwined with this destructive exploitation?

Hypocritical environment lovers, do we then end our species to save our Earth?