Originally Posted by MIKEnDC

As Michael Crichton so ably wrote in his novel Jurassic Park, the earth itself is no danger whatsoever. What is in some danger (and the true extent is beyond our ability to calculate at this point) is the biosphere that allows us breathe, eat, and drink.

What we've missed along the way somehow is a respect for that environment. In our headlong rush to "live a better life" (and, IMHO, having missed the boat badly on what actually constitutes "better"), we have become and basically have been destroyers--******* of the very thing we are so completely dependent upon rather than feeling ourselves a part of it.

The real thrust of the novel, Jurassic Park (and what Spielberg missed pretty badly on in his rush to create a blockbuster), is a very simple premise: just because we can do something does not mean that we should.

By cycling as my primary mode of transport, I'm not trying to "save the world" (I do not have that power). I am, however, trying to minimize the damage I do to it as I go along. I forget who here has the signature, "Stomping as lightly as I can," but it sums up very well what I try to do in all things in my life. But that's just me.