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Skriven 2014-12-24 01:09:12 av Lee Lofaso (2:203/2)
  Kommentar till text 20282 av Björn Felten (2:203/2)
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Hello Björn,

 LL>> This is _our_ planet!

 BF> I didn't know you were of the Christian persuasion.

Christian?  Wazzat?

 BF> Only they regard themselves as superior beings on, and owner of, our
planet.

When we come into this world, what do we have?
We do not have so much as a name, much less clothes
to wear.  Somebody brings us into this world.  Does
that somebody own us?  If so, can we buy ourselves
from that somebody?

The point is, we own nothing.  Ownership is just
an imagination.  We can no more own a piece of property
as we can a human person.  And yet for thousands of
years man owned slaves, and thought nothing ill of it.

Even in today's world, slavery still exists in some
quarters.  While we view slavery as an evil, ownership
of other forms of property can also be seen as just
as evil.

Who owns this planet?  A piece of land is far more than
just an area of dirt.  There are mineral rights, timber
rights, water rights, etc., that one should also keep
in mind.  Each country defines these rights in different
ways.  For example, if I were Swedish and bought an acre
of land (in Sweden), how much of that acre would I really
own?

In the US, if I own an acre of land, along with all rights,
I can do whatever I want with that land and those rights.
If I find a cache of buried treasure on that land, it is
all mine an nobody else's.  If I allow somebody else to
dig for buried treasure, I still own that buried treasure.
I may have to pay that somebody else a "finder's fee" as
per agreement to allowing him/her permission to dig on
my property, but the treasure is still all mine.

How deep can I dig on my own property?  As deep as I want,
at least until I pop out on the other side in China.

In Sweden, and in other parts of the world, ownsrship
of property is much different.  I will allow you to explain
to our readership just what those differences are.

 BF> The rest of us realize that we share this planet equally with every single
 BF> being on it.

Oil companies would love to drill for oil anywhere and everywhere
they think that oil might be found.  But oil companies do not own
the world, and likely never will.  And even if they did, I doubt
very seriously that Big Oil would be willing to share all their
profits with you and the rest of the world.

 BF> Just because we may be the most intelligent and resourceful species at the
 BF> moment, it does *not* give us the right to destroy it at will just so that
 BF> a few thousand of us can make a fortune so big they cannot even spend it
in
 BF> their lifetime.

We are addicted to oil.  We cannot live without it.  Just like
junkies high as a kite, we need to constantly get a new fix so as
to keep going.  Big Oil knows it, as do our politicians.  What we
will do when the oil runs out is look to Big Oil for a new kind
of fix, which Big Oil will be sure to have on hand for our use
when the need arises.

Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas will all be depleted by the end of
this century - at the latest.  There will still be some around,
but not in the quantities of mass consumption as we have today.

Either we lower the world's population, or learn to do without
fossil fuels.  Since neither is an option, what is the solution?

Nature will do it for us.

--Lee

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