Carrying on with ecologically suicidal economic policies will lead to more frequent and destructive disasters.
Recently, Astronomy magazine asked, "Is this our final century?" In an article under the same title, astronomer Martin Rees raised the possibility that any one of several highly improbable hazards could cripple or even destroy civilisation on this planet: large-asteroid impact, mammoth solar flares, or maybe the explosion of a nearby star.
We have no control over such hazards. But, Rees pointed out, there are other extremely improbable world-wrecking catastrophes that could be set off by humans - if, say, an extra-powerful particle accelerator were to create a black hole that could consume the Earth. That sounds pretty bad, but Rees warned that we should not be too reluctant to use high-stakes technologies: "Innovation is always risky, but if we don't take those risks, we may miss out on disproportionate benefits."
See full Article: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/08/201381133927245599.html
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