Bollocks To Recycling

I think I'm going to give up on this whole saving the Planet business - James Lovelock, says that, although unwittingly, we've ruined it for ourselves and we're all fucked. The Planet will be fine and will happily just plod on anyway; it's just us that will be brown bread. And I say good; couldn't have happened to a more undeserving species.

Since I was a child I've been very concerned with the environment; I remember being confused that if we used everything up and turned it into a rubbish tip then we wouldn't have anywhere to live - I also had a nagging suspicion that this would happen anyway. I've never had much faith in the human race; I've studied history and we're an arrogant, greedy, unpleasant bunch. So we've hacked away at it, built over it, choked it, and drained it of all the resources we can reach - and we've sealed our fate to do so. Well, I say 'we' ....I didn't do this and nor did you.

Most of the Planet (save North Korea obviously as they're cowering in the dark) is lit up like a Christmas tree so my energy-efficient light bulb and meagre recycling attempts are a pitiful drop in the ocean. I think it's all bullshit; I don't drive, have no kids and rarely fly, so my carbon footprint is sod all, yet suddenly it's up to me to help sort the whole thing out? Sorry, too late because I'm not interested any more.

Personally, I think that the sooner Earth gets rid of us parasites the better. If we're serious about fixing the Planet then we should either all kill ourselves or attempt to stop the World's Governments from doing what they're doing. I don't see many people giving up their cars; people may say they're environmentally conscious but they don't like to be inconvenienced and will only give up their cars when the reason is cost. Everyone turning off their lights for an hour is also just nonsense when you can see Vegas from space - It's long-term solutions that need to be implemented not one measly hour. Yes I know you have to start somewhere but we're leaving it a bit late dontcha think?

So I've now decided that I don't actually care any more. We knew what would happen and we did it anyway because that's what we're like. So I'm taking Mr. Lovelocks advice to 'enjoy life while I can'. Although I'll probably continue to recycle now that it's a habit, I know that it's pointless and anyone who thinks otherwise is endearingly optimistic yet deluding themselves. I'm therefore selfishly going to opt out of 'Saving the Planet' because I think it's better off without us; in fact, I'm off to put the heating on and run some taps in order to move the whole thing on a bit.

40 000 - Tigers on the planet in 1970

3200 - Tigers on the planet in 2010

2.4 - million pieces of plastic enter the World's oceans every hour

270 000 - estimated number of sharks killed every day for their fins

20 500 - number of tuna fished every 15 minutes

4 - children die every minute because they don't have clean water

1000 - tonnes of CO2 emitted every second

200 000 - acres of rainforest destroyed every day (1.5 acres every second)

40 - years before the last rainforest is gone

500 - known species that have been made extinct by man