Ocean Plastic, Putin's Supersonic Weapons, And A Dismal Future

       Serious ecological problems are dooming mankind to a miserable future. The long list of death by a thousands cuts includes the thousands of tons of plastics and other non biodegradable waste pouring into the oceans daily. Almost all of these contaminants break down and disperse, damaging ocean ecosystems worldwide. Only a small amount makes it to the ocean garbage patches, where there is a much hyped effort to clean up the patches by technology, while ignoring the massive flow of contaminants that enters daily, and that far exceeds the small amount of trash that can be removed from the ocean garbage patches. Enormous amounts of non biodegradable trash can be removed from coastlines and elsewhere, if only there is the political and economic will. Millions of people worldwide can be employed to do ongoing cleanups, coastal and elsewhere. Occasional volunteer cleanup days are good publicity for organizations, but do virtually nothing for the oceans.
        Trillions of dollars are floating around this world. The money is there to provide massive employment worldwide to clean up coastlines and other environments before it is too late.
        Forests, especially vulnerable rainforests, continue to be destroyed. The world is increasingly polluted and contaminated, with an ever increasing human population relying on an increasingly degraded environment.
        Putin announced a new supersonic nuclear weapon systems that cannot be detected and that can destroy the world. In a world massively degraded and impoverished, how can anyone take pride in or respect this huge waste of money, time and effort that does nothing for humanity except bring it closer to annihilation?