Who Will Save our Planet Earth?

WHO WILL SAVE OUR PLANET EARTHalternative - coal.
By David Lavie ** Discover new solutions for the disposal of wastes
The U.S. Russia and other developed countries spendof all kind, including chemical residues from industry
tremendous amounts of money in recent years forand garbage.
the study of the planets in the solar system and* Bring to maximal efficiency water consumption, for
beyond. These expenses seem superfluoushome, industry and agriculture.
considering the imminent dangers facing civilization* Stop the burning of the Amazon rain forests and
from pollution, intensive exploitation of the limitedthe destruction of rare species.
natural resources and overpopulation.* Find ways of implementing birth control in
The most expensive Hubble Space Telescope andoverpopulated countries.
the hipper expensive manned spaceships mayHow can this be done
provide us with new information on the Universe.To do so, huge amounts of money are needed for
These and similar sophisticated means, however, willresearch and development, as well as for the
not help us find the answers to the Big question ofcompensation of underdeveloped countries for
our time: How Long Will Civilization Survive ifvarious actions they may have to take. In addition,
Destruction of the Planet's Environment goes on?countries all over the world will have to issue and
According to environmental scientists, life on our smallenforce strict laws for the protection of the
but perhaps unique planet Earth may come to an endenvironment.
in the next 70-80 years. They attribute this dangerThe question is, how can such acquiescence be
to the tremendous technological development, whichachieved among so many different nations and
upsets nature's equilibrium and the dramatic growthinterests? How can laws and restrictions be forced
of human population. The factors that endanger lifeon people whose primary interest is personal survival
on earth are mainly:- and what is the way to convince industries and
1. Contamination of the soil and water resources byfarmers to invest fortunes in expensive devices for
monstrous amounts of industrial and home garbage,protecting the environment?
as well as by pesticides and chemical fertilizers usedThe only way to achieve these aims is by reaching a
intensively in modern agriculture.worldwide consensus for a global effective action
2. Damage to the protective ozone layer by mainlytowards the common goal of saving civilization and
CFC (Chloro-Fluoro-Carbon) gases.the planet. There is a need for combined efforts of
3. Green House Effect, caused by the excess, in theall nations through understanding and agreement, as
atmosphere, of carbon dioxide (CO2) and otherwell as a central authority to initiate and control such
gases generated by industry, agriculture, automobilesan operation.
and electric power plants.Conditions for such an outcome are ripe today more
4. Acid Rain, caused by the release by industrial plantsthan ever before, because of the growing influence
and vehicles of significant quantities of pollutants intoof the U.S. in the world and the weakening animosity
the air.between East and West.
5. The release of poisonous gases to the atmosphereIs it really going to happen?
and the destruction of rare species of plants andWill governments consent to giving up their power
animals by burning of forests throughout the world,and obeying a central authority? Will politicians
especially the rain forests.relinquish their ambitious struggle for position and
6. Dramatic growth of human population, whichinfluence and adopt responsibility for the future of
constitute perhaps the most scaring factor of all.the world? I believe they will, but only through the
Human population, consisting today of almost 7 billiondemand and pressure of the masses on
people, compared with only 2 billion in 1930, maygovernments and parliaments. Such action must be
grow in about 40 years to the scaring number of 10taken everywhere, through the establishment of
billion. The many millions born every year must fightnational associations for the protection of the planet.
for their survival. They therefore use waterSome people rightly ask, why should we worry about
resources to the limit, exploit the scarce naturalsomething that may happen in perhaps another 70-80
resources and burn forests for fuel and foryears. Are we the planet's or the civilization's
agricultural cultivation.keepers? - and who can really be sure that this
What should we do?prophecy of doom will actually happen? No one has
To save our planet the world must take immediateprecise answers to these questions. But what if the
action to protect the environment, like:warnings are real and civilization - God's wonderful
* Reduce air pollution from industry, power plants andcreation which took 3,5 billion years of evolution to
vehicles.develop - disappears forever? Can we jeopardize the
* Decrease the use of pesticides by researchingfuture of our children and grandchildren? We are here
safer ways of controlling plant diseases and pests,now, and it is our prime task and duty to find the
like biological control.answers and solutions for the well-being of the
* Find clean and more efficient energy sources tocoming generations.
replace dangerous petroleum and its terrible