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The world is headed for unprecedented loss of species on which humans depend for food. Already several ocean fish have been driven to extinction with several more on the brink and yet the mass slaughter continues. Greed and a hunger for increased wealth, beyond a reasonable level, are driving the frenzy. A documentary by David Attenborough, aired recently on Australian television, showed how animals, such as tuna, dolphins, sharks, etc. are trapped in huge nets spread across the path of migrating schools of fish, and drown unmercifully in them. The entire school of fish are taken by massive trawlers equipped with radar and other devices to track their potential catch. Everything other than the target catch is then discarded. Starvation of the Masses This type of rape is happening every day in the oceans. It means big bucks to the fishermen but the outcome for them is equally as bleak as it is for those who depend on the water for food. Many trawlers now lie idle in countries where fish they once targeted are no more. To compensate for this some, such as in the Sudan region, have turned to piracy to rake in the millions they no longer make from their normal occupation. But there is far worse happening to the oceans and every human alive is to blame. It is plastic, which is impossible for nature to break down except into ever smaller pieces. The remnants of this wasteful industry cover large sections of oceans, rivers and land fill. The colourful particles are mistaken for food by birds, fish, and crustaceans and end up in the food chain where they kill. Young of the species are unable to survive and their carcases are subsequently found with their gut full of the stuff. Plastic contains toxic substances which also kill humans. Lately publicity about the danger of certain plastic baby bottles has been highlighted, but drinks, food and just about everything we eat is now wrapped or contained in plastic. Instead of taking water from a tap in order to quench their thirst it is now normal for many to buy a bottle of water or soda, which of course is in a plastic container. Plastic is manufactured from oil that is changed from a biodegradable form by processing that makes it usable for manufacturing carpets, clothes, bags, bottles, and much more. Even cars and planes have plastic components. It is possible that not too many wearers of synthetic fabrics know that they wear plastic, nor that carpet in their homes is made from it. It is also possible that not many of its users know how inflammable it is.
The outcry by American's when BP's accident spread oil into the Gulf of Mexico was heard around the world, but who is crying out about the oil floating around in the form of plastic? It might be cheap and easy to dispose of but it is killing us. It is death wrapped in gift parcels. Oil in its natural state is removed from the environment by organisms in the ocean but plastic is different. It is not natural and it is toxic. That means it kills off those same organisms that may try to deal with it. Add to this the effects of climate change, the destruction of forests and habitats on which animals depend, the extraordinary super fires that now rage through the country side of many nations, the increased power of weather systems and the mighty floods, droughts and winds they create and the future for this planet and the food sources we depend on is bleak. Crops are devastated, animals are wiped out and the land is changed forever from a productive resource into desert. It's likely to be too late to stop any of this from happening but surely humans need to wake up. While some protest and try to shake the status quo big business and politicians silence them. This is happening now in Australia where the Gillard government, backed by the Greens, is at last introducing a carbon tax but the opposition political parties have been extremely busy spreading lies and rumours about the cost to commodities and families. The opinion polls show they are convincing the majority that the carbon tax is wrong. Money, big business, political persuasion and fear of change may well mean that the world cannot be saved. The will for the majority of humans to alter their habits and to remove themselves from comfort zones is just impossible to achieve because of ignorance of the science that tells us time is running out. There can be no relief from world hunger, therefore, and before long those who now feel comfortable doing what they have always done, that is being a sheep in the herd, will feel the effects of starvation as bit by bit their food resources disappear. Unfortunately we are all in this boat and will sink and die together.
Food supplies for the world is running out and this lens explains the facts.
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