It makes a person realize that we must be very careful with our advances and gains. Always it seems some other life loses. Imagine the freedom the whales knew before the first steam boat disrupted their conversations made from pole to pole. We must have sips, but what a loss for those beings.
Any gain must be challenged by the potential loss and in some cases we must find alternate technology. I find the loss of whales not an acceptable “side-effect” of navigation. The most disruptive sonar technology comes from the warships of the world. The world is a complex web of life and we must carefully navigate through that web with greater care than we have shown in the past. Your statement “we must have ships” over-simplifies the issue in my opinion.
I like we must have sips better. To your health!
I guess I must have meant that :) A glass of Pinot Noir and a toast to all beings and non-beings on earth.
When I think of the trust in the porpoises that played alongside our boat and body surfed with my sons with no fear, we must be true to our responsibilities. They would take care of us I think if they could.
As cash-rich navies deploy this unproven technology (see http://www.oceanmammalinst.org/hias-update.html) and other countries rush to catch up, sadly the problem is going to worsen – the 21st century equivalent of unabated whaling.
It makes a person realize that we must be very careful with our advances and gains. Always it seems some other life loses. Imagine the freedom the whales knew before the first steam boat disrupted their conversations made from pole to pole. We must have sips, but what a loss for those beings.
Any gain must be challenged by the potential loss and in some cases we must find alternate technology. I find the loss of whales not an acceptable “side-effect” of navigation. The most disruptive sonar technology comes from the warships of the world. The world is a complex web of life and we must carefully navigate through that web with greater care than we have shown in the past. Your statement “we must have ships” over-simplifies the issue in my opinion.
I like we must have sips better. To your health!
I guess I must have meant that :) A glass of Pinot Noir and a toast to all beings and non-beings on earth.
When I think of the trust in the porpoises that played alongside our boat and body surfed with my sons with no fear, we must be true to our responsibilities. They would take care of us I think if they could.
As cash-rich navies deploy this unproven technology (see http://www.oceanmammalinst.org/hias-update.html) and other countries rush to catch up, sadly the problem is going to worsen – the 21st century equivalent of unabated whaling.
When these animals do this, its a message, something is wrong with the cycle of life here.