The Writing on the Wall: We Are the Guests

 The Writing on the Wall: We Are the Guests, Aharon Gonik, Independently Published, 2021

Looking at all of human history, the author asserts that mankind's future disasters may be because of nature "fighting back" against humanity.

Homo sapiens, that arrived in Africa about 200,000 years ago, is a cancerous mutation, with its much larger brain. Other creatures have had to adapt to nature, in order to survive. Homo sapiens was the first to bend nature to its will, and then spread all over the world.

In the past three centuries, there has been a huge improvement in man's standard of living, based on fossil fuels. Someday, maybe in 50 years, maybe in 100 years, those supplies will run out. Mankind will then revert to a horse and buggy world. Perhaps, COVID is nature's way of getting revenge on mankind for the things it has done to the planet.

How can humanity achieve a 50 percent reduction in CO2 emissions over the next two centuries? Get out of oil and coal, immediately. Many nuclear power plants must be built (evidently, fast breeder reactors are safe). Plant-based, or other artificial meat substitutes must be found. All that land, and water, used for livestock can be used for something else. All vehicles on the roads will run on electricity, or hydrogen or batteries. Only inter-continental airplane flights will be allowed. Travel within America, for example, will be by bullet train.

Does anyone remember the early days of the pandemic? Because the world was shut down, the air actually got cleaner, and dolphins were sighted swimming in the canals of Venice (for the first time in many years).

This is a very informative book, that is highly recommended for everyone.