by GJYang

Created on: March 19, 2010

Water, in its pure liquid form, has really outdone itself on the blue planet. Tasked with producing compliant life forms like plants, bacteria or animals that can move, feed, breed, then die, water inadvertently created a species called human - that is rebellious and can think! This is evidenced by the critter's ability to innovate and invent things for itself - like the internet, cell phones, fast trains, nuclear weapons, controlled agriculture, industry and a multitude of other inanimate playthings, for its own benefit and enjoyment (except for the nuclear weapons, which is designed to mass exterminate itself along with all other life forms around it!). On last count, humans are talking about using scientific tools to prolong and engineer life, and to venture into space to colonize another Earth, albeit a younger one, in another solar system, or in a new galaxy emerging into the slower ‘life-belt’ of the expanding Universe! It has become conspicuous, that the spirit of water in its pristine form is mirrored in the spirit of humans. Cool, clear and ready to flow, humans reflect an insatiable thirst for fun and adventure, and continually seek new ground and space to conquer and explore, encountering in turn tempestuous storms, calm and enigma along its tortuous journey to complete a full life cycle.

People who can think will realize that the survival of all life depends on safe drinking water. Earth's dry land has a constant, but limited supply of pure fresh water which is perennially recycled by Nature. If humans procreate aimlessly, and overcrowd habitats that have aquifers, groundwater, lakes, or rivers to support human activities like agriculture, grazing, fisheries, and industries, then an exploding population over these regions will result in catastrophic water shortages, and dire consequences. Other activities, such as excessive mining of oil, minerals and gases, mass injections of artificial carbon and iron ‘captures’ into land and seas, and global warming all cause imbalances in the natural ecosystem, and add to the planet's fresh water woes. If humans continue to pollute its fresh water supply, clean air, and natural environment with domestic refuse, sewage, fertilizers, pesticides, industrial chemicals, noxious gases, and hazardous radioactive spawning from nuclear fission reactors and nuclear explosions, Nature will intervene unceremoniously, to clear up this unholy mess. More frequent earthquakes, floods, droughts and other

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