12-21-12

It is pretty clear that today, December 21, 2012, is not the end of the world. But don’t think we are completely safe. Scientific research and observations clearly shows that our planet is sick and in dire need of rehabilitation. Is the complete wipe-out of all human kind likely to occur? Probably not in our lifetime, but if you look at the stages of evolution, humans have evolved from so many different species, what makes you think that we aren't still evolving. Say there was something that wiped out a large portion of the human population; eventually the survivors will adapt and evolve through the generations so that we can preserve our genes of human kind.

I believe that the Mayans predicted that mankind will have completely destroyed and abused the earth by December 21, 2012, which is why they felt that they should just end the calendar. I don’t think they understood the deep implications that this had on our society because as of today there are still those people that believe with a burning passion that the world is going to end, and are probably hiding underground as we speak. This brings me to what I believe the true threat on human nature is. I believe that once enough people believe that the world is going to end, the true threat is man himself, as FDR had once stated “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” People having the “I have nothing to lose” mentality will create people doing things that they normally wouldn't do in a civilized society, in order to save their own lives. The Southern region of the United States saw this when Hurricane Katrina hit and destroyed $96-$125 billion dollars of property. People had lost everything they owned and were extremely desperate leading to a sharp rise in crime. Their societal bounds were broken in that period of time and people were only worried about saving their own lives and claiming all of the resources for themselves, such as food, water, blankets, and other essentials. People were carrying guns for protection because when society fails, unfortunately life results in people carrying guns for protection, as seen in many undeveloped countries.  

What can we do as a commutative effort to save our planet and mankind? Well first of all, we have to treat our earth with the utmost respect in order to try and reverse the already occurring destruction of earth. I don’t want to over beat the concept of global warming and climate change into your heads, but it really is important to try and make the effort to understand that our planet is sick and in need of rehabilitation from every person on earth. Reducing your carbon emissions by burning less fossil fuel is one major solution to the ever-growing issues that our planet faces but there are so many more ways that YOU can save our planet. Though our planet did not end today, the quality of life on earth will slowly decline if immediate actions are not made to reduce the destruction of earth done by mankind.

Please comment, I would love to hear your responses.