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What Will It Take For Us To Save The Planet?
The world burns amid the indecision of politicians
As far as we know, the Earth is the only place in the universe that is home to life. Our planet supports a wide variety of animals, plants and bacteria.
Given that we have yet to come into contact with extraterrestrial life, our existence is an anomaly.
We may encounter aliens in the future, but at this moment in time, in the vastness of the universe, we stand alone. Whether that is because of our ignorance, or because we truly are alone, we do not know.
But, it’s an important point regardless.
Earth is the only place we have to live. We cannot migrate to another planet, there isn’t one. Mars does not have a sufficient atmosphere and colonising it will take a global effort that seems to be beyond us.
We are stuck on Earth for the foreseeable future, yet we treat the planet with abandon and recklessness.
The Australian bushfire crisis is a prime example of this. These fires are unprecedented. Large swathes of the continent are on fire, fires so intense that the smoke is causing hazes in New Zealand, 2,000 km away.
We have been warned about climate change over and over again, but our politicians have not heeded…
