Lighting fire in a terrarium has a conversion effect on the gasses and balance of the environment inside. In a terrarium the scale of earth the conversions have been subtle, gradual, sure. Combine the gradual nature of the change with the living planet’s ability to adjust to imbalance, and you have the ingredients of very sneakily disguised pollution effects. When the industrial, and luxury, and convenience components are factored in, it’s easy to see that we’ve developed a status quo that will logically resist reduction changes. This is the point that now begs consideration. Rather than breaking down a climate reality that seems like an insistent point of debate, what about looking at the cultural, formulaic equations, and attitudes regarding the industrial legacy of collection and distribution of hydrocarbon fuel? What is a fair price to pay?
The original ready availability of fossil fuel made it like a no brainer. It was like a return of one hundred fold. One unit of energy in, and one hundred out. Over time the ratio changed. When one unit in returns fifty, twenty five, ten, six you could still see, perhaps, the viability. As the ratio continues to change, speculation grows. What happens when it is required to put two units of energy in to return one unit out? What makes this viable, reasonable, or sustainable? Sure it’s still available, but at what cost?
Here now speculating, I’m thinking that the plan is this… It is going to require two units in, or more, to get one out. But we put in the two units at the cost of $3.00 per unit, save it, and when the market shortage hits the fuel sells for $9.00 per unit netting $3.00 profit, thus maintaining viability, right!? As crazy as this sounds in the global, gas filled atmosphere of the planet, I’ll bet anything that this is the rational. Planetary health is at the mercy of merciless industrialists which seems devoid of consideration for the survivability of the terrarium Earth.
Conservation and paradigm change seem important right now. Speaking for myself it feels urgent, but man, I’ll tell you what, it also feels equally difficult. Fair to say… Try