I had a phone call from my friends in Qld and they have the power back on and the water on again. This means that they can now make phone calls and that they can now find out via TV or radio what is happening around them. We are so dependent as a country on electricity it is ridiculous! Why do the politicians bury their heads in the sand and refuse to have any forsight whatsoever?
Surely we as the people need to think about these things and put the pressure on the powers that be to look at the possibilities that are no doubt out there. Anyway I have spoken about this in a previous blog but it gets my dander up so much I feel like I need to say it again.
The other thing that I find frustrating is that in so many aspects of my own body I have to be dictated to by money spinners. I bought glasses about two to three years ago and now they have been ever so slightly bent and I have to replace them. They cannot guarantee that they can straighten them. The transition film seems to be coming off anyway. I have always used the cleaning liquid that they gave me. These were a six hundred dollar plus pair of glasses. All the issues regarding repairs etc. were not explained to me prior to my purchase! I also get cross about this with regard to sustainability. It takes resources to make glasses. Why do people keep imagining that the worlds resources can never run out, in order to make more money. Haven't they learnt that money cannot be taken with you. There is no point at all in leaving your children loads of money if there are no resources. Mother Nature is just not responsive in any way to bribery.
I find that I am becoming more and more firm in my belief that we should treat everything on this earth with more respect. I think all you have to do is look at the havoc created in Queensland by Mother Nature and see all the people totally at the mercy of her to realise that humans are nothing but self delusional if they think that they can manage her!
I had an interesting discussion with someone today who says that they hate it when people make them feel stupid. I couldn't tell her that how she feels is totally her responsibility as that would have made her feel stupid!
It is an interesting and complicated world but we must make the most of it!
Very good point - 'MotherNature is just not responsive in anyway to bribery' - Really good point. That's what it's going to come down to.
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