Love is in the air

LOVE IS IN THE AIR (John Paul Young)

Love is in the air
Everywhere I look around
Love is in the air
Every sight and every sound
-And I don't know if I'm being foolish
-Don't know if I'm being wise
-But it's something that I must believe in
-And it's there when I look in your eyes
Love is in the air
In the whisper of the trees
Love is in the air
In the thunder of the sea
-And I don't know if I'm just dreaming
-Don't know if I feel sane
-But it's something that I must believe in
-And it's there when you call out my name
---(Chorus)
---Love is in the air
---Love is in the air
---Oh oh oh
---Oh oh oh
Love is in the air
In the rising of the sun
Love is in the air
When the day is nearly done
-And I don't know if you're an illusion
-Don't know if I see it true
-But you're something that I must believe in
-And you're there when I reach out for you
Love is in the air
Every sight and every sound
And I don't know if I'm being foolish
Don't know if I'm being wise
-But it's something that I must believe in
-And it's there when I look in your eyes

Remember it? Like it? Now do a simple thing:
Replace "love" with "radioactivity".
Much, much more to worry than natural disasters. This is man made, folks. Fukushima in Japan or wherever. The final arrogance to think we could put the atom on leash.

Earth's resources

Several studies report that we are currently using up "1.5 Earths", that is we are drawing 50% more of this planet's renewable resources. Such studies do not consider finite goods such as oil and mineral elements, but just food-related resources.
This means that Earth can't replenish what we - as a global population - draw from it.
Shouldn't epidemics and disasters occur, without human intervention the natural limit to the growth of animals and plants populations would be dictated by the available resources in and around local systems. Most developed countries can't rely on their domestic products for food demand, hence already outsourcing from distant shores.
Civilization and technology apparently spare the human race from the natural laws of equilibrium. Politics and ethics don't really mix. I'm not calculating, projecting or predicting how many generations it will take to see a major collapse. It will happen.
Should I shrug and enjoy the present?
Should I advocate conservation?
Actually both, to some extent, but not happily celebrating the seven-billionth human treading on Earth. In 1950, population was 2.5 billion. A scary almost-three-fold in 60 years.