Ever wondered, whats common between two very recent disasters separated by just a month. They both belong to ASIA and even share boundary with each other. The disasters might be look different, one being pouring cloud and the other shaken earth, but the commonalities far exceed this conspicuous difference.
Asia - being the continent of two most populated, polluted, home of many fastest growing economies etc etc. Are these to be blamed for nature looking for its own amends. When Bush was quoted as saying that India and China were responsible for the inflation all over the world, we were taken aback. But now if someone stand up and say that these two countries are responsible for nature's fury all over the world, I will not be surprised. The continent is home for over 50% of the world's population, growing at magnanimous 2.7% pa, and you just cannot blame the god for correcting the imbalance between growth rate of population and growth rate of agriculture. Just think for a while, if these corrections do not take place, then will earth be able to sustain that burden for another 100 years. These are ways to create balance between growing population and reducing deaths.
We are depleting the natural resources at blistering pace, in the name of growing and developing nations. But we should remember that by just blatantly arguing with the rest of the world that developed countries should pay the price of our growth, will not serve the purpose. If another cyclone hits our coasts then we ill not be able to handle the misery like china and US. This is the irony with climate change. It does not hit the countries which can negotiate its effects.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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