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Click! With one tap on your mouse, you've entered this web site. I think that's the correct term. You see, I've never been online (GASP!!) I'm one of the last hold outs, a dinosaur from the "computerconfusesme" species. Computers are one of the great mysteries of life -- along with how telephones transmit my voice through tiny little wires, what makes a plane, with its massive weight, fly, and why Tori Spelling gets to star in a television show. (Okay, so that last one is a bit off the mark, but I bet you've wondered about that too.)
Maybe it's my skepticism, but I am nervous about people who claim science and technology will be able to solve environmental problems. I do not dispute that many of the advances already made have improved the quality of our environment -- cleaner burning cars, utilization of solar energy, advanced water treatment facilities, new conservation techniques. We have and will continue to make progress, but to place the onus of responsibility onto science and technology removes the burden on us. If they will solve all our problems, why worry about our actions? Go ahead, cut down more trees, science will surely develop an artificial tree that can absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen. And the hole in the ozone layer, I'm sure DuPont will come up with a new fabric, maybe a Nylon/Spandex combination, that we can layer over that damn hole.
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