[acropolite (Phil)]

Something to ponder....Around 20 years ago a friend who was a botanist had basically given up on his occupation, because, in his words "the world is stuffed". I laughed at him at the time but now I see unprecedented greed, particularly on the part of business, aided and abbetted by governments and some parts of the media and I can't help agreeing with him. We see the Japanese about to recommence whaling, drought in places that have never experienced those conditions before and strong indications that global warming is a more serious and imminent problem than first anticipated. Yet our governments do nothing and scientists are (mostly) content to observe and study. So what are your thoughts; is the world stuffed and will mans greed ultimately be the end of us all??