Global Warming, Carpe Diem and such like things...

What is the human obsession with knowing everything? Years and years are spent in research trying to unravel all the great mysteries of nature and our existence. Obscene amounts of money are poured into astral and archaeological excavations to try to gain insight into our past and future. The greatest concern being about the future of course, because we have no control over the past but may have a chance at determining what happens in the future. And thus the great question that has forever been in the minds of our species since the dawn of time, will the world come to an end?
The end of the world fad is not such a new thing, history books have it that right before the year 1000, people sold all their belongings to prepare for the apocalypse and built underground bunkers to save themselves from the impending doom. We all are familiar with the Y2K euphoria, and now there is yet another end of the world craze. Today, this fad is backed by celebrities, with blockbuster movies speculating on the exact way life as we know it shall come to an end. Is the end of the world fast approaching? Or is it all mass hysteria caused by our own insecurities and propelled by Hollywood?
Let’s take a look at the facts. Science, religion, and even nature show that the world is due for a drastic change in the near future. Global warming and the Greenhouse effect are to blame for a myriad of natural disasters, which only seem to be getting worse, threatening, and even almost wiping out populations. Tsunamis, earthquakes, landslides, volcanoes with superawesome lightning shooting out, floods… staying alive is in itself an accomplishment! Religion blames it on the apocalypse and judgment day, claiming that the sins of humankind have long angered God, and he is returning to take his chosen ones with him, leaving the sinners to perish, and the world to come to an end.
But if we look at the history of the earth, these warming and cooling periods have been happening since the beginning of the planet. Is it possible that global warming isn’t a threat to our existence but instead only the planet going through the motions as it has been forever? And, if the end of the planet is inevitable as research seems to suggest, are we just biding our time by investing in the so – called Green revolution?
Perhaps the biggest end of the world fad is the 2012 fad. The ancient Mayan civilization had a calendar, which they used to predict catastrophic events. This calendar is even said to have predicted the September 11th terrorist attacks in the United States, and the Tsunami. The calendar ends on a specific date, the 21st of December 2012, which leads historians to believe that the world ends on that date. But is this sufficient evidence? The Mayans are extinct; maybe they were unable to finish the calendar for that reason. Or maybe they just ran out of space? No one knows the real reason but speculation has run rampant, and most believe that the end of the world is fast upon us. Nostradamus has a similar prophecy, claiming the world will end on the same date.
The Green revolution, and the 2012 craze have affected almost every aspect of everyday life. There are eco – friendly variations of almost everything which cost more, but promise to elongate our stay on our already doomed planet. Fashion and entertainment have also gone green, with all our favorite celebrities joining or forming their own green campaign, and mindlessly sucking us in with them. This is perhaps the biggest fad in recent history!
I’m no Nostradamus, prophet, scientist or Mayan so I cannot claim to know when life as we know it will come to an end, but I will give you my two cents on these fads. Life is unpredictable, you may die crossing the road, or you may live to see the world come to an end. You’ll never know how your end is going to come. So live your life and be good to the planet, the rest is not in your hands.
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