Silicon is the most abundant element on the planet. It is used to make solar cells, computer chips, and glass.
At times it seems like the motivation of the human race is to reorganize the planet into something more orderly and hospitable. From a telescope on another planet, the Earth would appear the same now as it did thousands of years ago. It is just a big ball of water and silicon and carbon and so on. But we take all the minerals and elements and reorganize them into cars, paved surfaces, and buildings.
On one side we cherish nature for its beauty and purity. On the other, we destroy it to make way for the orderly system of roads, sewers, gas lines, electricity lines, and houses of our neighborhoods. We want to keep nature in our back yards, but we want to control it. We don't want alligators and bears to come in our yards to eat our puppies and babies.
When the oil runs out, we'll have solar panels made of silicon or germanium or some other substance to give us power. It is as though we were given just enough oil to figure out how to make a cleaner form of energy. I was talking to Jesus in my dream the other day and he told me he isn't coming back until we clean things up and come up with some solar panels that are cheap and efficient, or maybe cold fusion or something like that.
If you have any doubts about where the world is headed, just keep in mind that from a telescope on Mars it still looks the same as it always did. Rising energy prices and rising temperatures are starting to motivate people to come up with better solutions. Fascists and religious extremists such as George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden are always defeated because their plans leave too many people on the outside looking in. We may be shuffling things around down here on the surface of the planet, but it is still a big ball of water and sand and oxygen.
By the way, I've been thinking about technology lately and the one thing that I think will benefit humanity most of all is space travel. Can you imagine what it would be like if every person could experience what it is like to rocket away from the surface until it becomes a giant blue ball outside the window, and then look the other way and see nothing but blackness? Being able to see the Earth from that perspective has to be the most humbling experience one could have. I hope everyone gets to do it some day.
At times it seems like the motivation of the human race is to reorganize the planet into something more orderly and hospitable. From a telescope on another planet, the Earth would appear the same now as it did thousands of years ago. It is just a big ball of water and silicon and carbon and so on. But we take all the minerals and elements and reorganize them into cars, paved surfaces, and buildings.
On one side we cherish nature for its beauty and purity. On the other, we destroy it to make way for the orderly system of roads, sewers, gas lines, electricity lines, and houses of our neighborhoods. We want to keep nature in our back yards, but we want to control it. We don't want alligators and bears to come in our yards to eat our puppies and babies.
When the oil runs out, we'll have solar panels made of silicon or germanium or some other substance to give us power. It is as though we were given just enough oil to figure out how to make a cleaner form of energy. I was talking to Jesus in my dream the other day and he told me he isn't coming back until we clean things up and come up with some solar panels that are cheap and efficient, or maybe cold fusion or something like that.
If you have any doubts about where the world is headed, just keep in mind that from a telescope on Mars it still looks the same as it always did. Rising energy prices and rising temperatures are starting to motivate people to come up with better solutions. Fascists and religious extremists such as George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden are always defeated because their plans leave too many people on the outside looking in. We may be shuffling things around down here on the surface of the planet, but it is still a big ball of water and sand and oxygen.
By the way, I've been thinking about technology lately and the one thing that I think will benefit humanity most of all is space travel. Can you imagine what it would be like if every person could experience what it is like to rocket away from the surface until it becomes a giant blue ball outside the window, and then look the other way and see nothing but blackness? Being able to see the Earth from that perspective has to be the most humbling experience one could have. I hope everyone gets to do it some day.
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