Armageddon?

So much bad news is written these days it is difficult to determine what we should be afraid of and prepare for. We have people claiming global warming will sink most land masses in water from rising ice cap melt that billions of people will migrate inland to higher ground and take away homes from residents.

We have climate change scare mongers who claim food crops will be decreased exponentially thus leading to global starvation threats.

We have others claiming the internet and Artificial Intelligence will steal jobs from humans and lead to drastic poverty and misery.

We have still more heralding a huge decline in the housing market leading to another crash of prices, mortgages and new threats that will take down the banking system for good.

And still others claim similar collapse of the auto loan industry leading to bank failure and the demise of the auto industry.

Yes, and Chicken Little is still running around warning the sky is falling; take cover!

We have heard all of this before. Yes global warming is upsetting weather patterns; yes global warming is a reality and ice caps are melting. Yes ocean levels are rising slowly and threaten low lying islands everywhere. Yes migration of population will occur and resettle to higher ground. Eventually. Some time in the future. Maybe 50 years from now, certainly 100 years from now.

So we have time to adjust to the new realities that are headed our way.

There is no telling if the forecasts are correct. Too many of them, and too harsh are their warnings that surely not all are true. And over what time frame will these occur if they occur at all?

My hunch is we can do a lot to lessen the impact of some changes that are caused by human behavior. We can lessen air pollution, and water pollution. We can reduce soil pollution. We can help save the environment in countless ways and should do so. Now and always we should be doing so. A little here, a little there, and progress will be noted.

Will the earth cease to exist because of all this? Maybe. But it is not for certain. And there is no telling when this might occur.

So many variables.

And yet, housing patterns will change because mankind changes. Our culture changes. Our living standards and manners change. We will not always live in houses. We will not always live in residences made from lumber or stone.

Surely our auto culture will collapse upon itself eventually. Meanwhile new forms of personal transportation will be invented. In our lifetime? Maybe, for those of you who are young enough. For the rest of us time will run out for our lives and we will still drive or be driven in private automobiles.

Public transportation will increase in popularity and convenience. So will density of housing so the transportation systems can move the most people in the most convenient manner in the most efficient use of time. It will happen. So many things will drive these changes. Some we will be in control of and others we will not.

That’s the way of life, history and the universe. It has always been so.

Are we so frustrated at having little control over this that we are now panicking? Why is this so? Not much has changed; just the rate of change and its veering pathways from time to time.

Let’s take a big breath and relax a bit. A fresh day and some sleep will help us figure it all out. I have faith that this will work. Don’t you?

Well, now; that might be the larger problem!

September 1, 2017