Not much time these days to get in here due to selling the house. When I saw this in the paper and looked it up it made me want to move to another planet. Why are we so blind to what we do to our world and ourselves? It's so depressing....We have had so many unsafe breathing days this year in Florida and it's projected to get worse. Unfortunately the report for where we are moving isn't any better. http://www.scorecard.org/ From what I understand standards in pollution control might be overlooked for awhile if y2k is bad. How does it look for your areas? Diana

-- Diana (count@391.day), December 05, 1998

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Diana,

Y2K is going to be a catalyst for dramatic and rapid changes in our World. Pollution is just one of many things I'm hoping will be rectified. Y2K is already forcing us to take a serious look at alternative energy sources. Many people are installing Solar panels in case our primitive power is severely crippled, and thinking about electric vehicles because gasoline will probably be very scarce. The consequences of our technological abuses are coming full circle and will ultimately force us to do the right thing, whether we want to or not. People like yourself who have a higher level of consciousness of our planet and humanity are ahead of the game. I hope that Y2K teaches the World many lessons, and fast.

Have faith, for you are a Child of the Universe!

-- infoman (infoman@web.com), December 05, 1998.

Diana, Ditto. Y2K is just a wake up call. (A BIG siren).

IF we manage to pull together globally on this one, and make it through reasonably intact, then we have an instant system and mindset in place to tackle the next big one, and the next, etc.

If people would choose to take the borderless perspective we see looking back at this planet from space, then they might all finally see the bigger picture, and how interconnected and interdependent we all are. As the three muskateers (-1 sp) would say ... "One for all, and all for one."

Diane

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), December 05, 1998.

Diana,

If y2k is "really bad" the environmental threats as a result of it won't be ignored. Just look around you, just about everything that you come in contact with has been manufactured with or by the use of chemicals. From your synthetic fabrics, plastic products, carpets, preservatives in wood products, on, and on. Malfunctioning computers could likely release dangerous amounts of chemicals into the drinking water which would otherwise make it safe for drinking.

I suppose even the threat of chemical spills into lakes, rivers, and the oceans may be possible. The possibilities are so limitless, that I can't even phathom why there are those who don't think it could or will ba a big deal.

Anyone living close to a manufacturing plant, let alone a nuclear power plant, should take extra precautions. I would not want to be anywhere near the oil refineries along the Gulf coast, not to mention all those off-shore oil riggs.

However, I wonder how far is far enough, considering how bad the effects from the Mexican fires were far north of the Mexican/ American borders this past year.

Texas Terri

-- Texas Terri (TYSYM@AOL.com), December 06, 1998.