Mother Nature
I guess the topic of Earthquake in ChengDu has been on everyone mind the past week or so. It has also created a dinner topic for the Royal Family 3 nights ago.
Somehow, have anyone realised the number of natural disasters in recent years?
- SARS (still a disaster anyway)
- Tsunami
- Hurricane Katrina
- Cyclone Nargis
- Volcano Eruptions
- Bird Flu
- Many many more……
I cannot help but think that could these be our own doing? If we did not anger Mother Nature in the first place, would she unleash her fury on us?
Look at all the damage Man has done to her. The rapid depletion of Amazon forest, the increasing pollution that causes unimaginable consequences, the extinction of animal and loads more.
However, looking at all these events from an Economist’s( I know I am not one yet but going to be one anyway) point of view. Could it simply be Mother Nature trying to control the exploding population using her own means? Look at the number of people in the developing countries who dies daily due to starvation, malnutrition, thirst even?
All these can be explained using a simple model of demand and supply.
The ever increasing demand but decreasing supply leads to many people not getting what they need for survival!
The basic theory of scarcity! Finite resources and unlimited needs!
As the Prince of the family predicts, will the next epidemic hit the sheep next, since all other animals have been affected already ( think Bird Flu, Mad Cow Disease)?
Sometimes, instead of blaming Mother Nature for unleashing her fury, maybe we can try to understand things from her point of view? She did all these because she loves us. Though by sacrificing so many lives just to keep others alive, it is inevitable lest one day, Man will really extinct, just like the dinosaurs!
