Steve, the data you posted on energy use are interesting. Lots of plants do use lots of energy, so it is an index of industrialization fo a country. Also, I believe Russia is in the first places because of the huge need of heat in the winter months in its mostly cold places. They use mainly natural gas.
All other things are undoubtedly and unarguably true. I still feel that developed countries act in an utterly irresponsible way, or are just uncapable to check demographic growth.
Western countries seem to be more responsible but are anyway congested and full of pollution. France has more than 40 nuclear power plants. That's an enormous number for a state with is far smaller than the USA. Where do they stash all the radioactive residual?
I live 5 minutes from the beach. This year though I won't send my son to the closest beach, since it suffers large pollution from fecal bacteria. I have to send him farther away, farther than the urban areas where pollution is rarer and smaller. Many coastal areas in Italy suffer the same fate. Reminiscent of the Michigan waters.
Yes i see your point. What made it so difficult for me to put that together after reading your whole statement again? Do we interpret the meaning of words thru our own bias? i believe that it is something we humans do all too often. It is interesting when incidents come up to prove it. It seems best to plead ignorant if we can not put things together that others are saying---- just to b on the safe side. There r unexpected spiritual lessons that happen in many ways in our life. We can be talking about something that is far from the spiritual lesson that is presented to us. Although to me this is another manifestation of the Guru helping us. Someone else may say oh that is just something that could happen in any conversation. i do not deny that. However when you begin seeing patterns and recurring 'lessons' coming up in your life it has the appearance of an intelligent design. The claim of a true Guru is that he or she can arrange events in our lives that help us in our spiritual unfoldment. That is what u r seeing take place here. U can give one example after another of the Gurus evidence in our lives. If someone says they do not believe it or they do not have it happening to them... You have to ask the question: have they chosen a guru for themselves and asked for such guidance? If they do not believe it is possible then they will follow their own path that does not include a Gurus guidance and wisdom. That is the choice everyone has and it is not for others to make such a choice for them. We can only make choices for ourselves.
"Lots of plants do use lots of energy" Not sure what u meant here. Actually plants absorb carbon dioxide which humans create in excess. So unlike humans they are beneficial to the atmosphere. Plants create oxygen which is important to human life. As part of the carbon cycle, plants use light to photosynthesize carbon dioxide, turning it into carbohydrate to grow and releasing oxygen as a waste product. As a result deforestation aggravates the pollution problem further causes the greenhouse effect. Thus more humans equals less plants. It is obvious that the developed countries are much more responsible for earths atmosphere destruction then third world over populated nations because they (modernized countries) emit much more pollutants in the atmosphere per capita.
Steve, the above is an interesting example of linguistical ambiguity which can lead to substantial misanderstandings.
As a matter of fact, I should have written
industrial plants. Maybe 'mills' would have been more clear, or 'industries'.
