Appreciation, or lack thereof.

Civilization. What can we say about it? Fast paced. Opinionated. Selfish. Ridiculous etc etc etc. You get my point. Its tough to focus on the good points about what our civilization has accomplished because the vast majority of civilization is focused inwards and on ourselves. In my opinion this causes us to block out the negative things in our own lives, with negative things from others and to never really come to terms with the negative things in our lives.

Plenty of good has come from us, as well as plenty of bad. Humans are a virus, a virus with a conscious that we clearly ignore. We grow, adapt, fight, and survive. This is basic instincts 101.

I don't even know if i really have the right to be speaking on such broad terms, but this is just how i'm viewing society. We're selfish, media influenced (even if we don't realize it), and don't deserve what we have. We are a non-unified nation, that seems about as together and willing to work with one another, as two rival armies waiting for one wrong word said. Why is the concept of a unified planet so hard to come by? It is just constant back and forth bullshit with so many countries. I understand, land disputes, security factors, uneasiness with up and coming nations. But we were all up and coming nations at one point, bombs, bigger bombs, atom bombs, nuclear bombs, you get the idea. 

The UN, stands for something...doesn't it? Unbelievably naive? We could accomplish so much more as a people if we could only stop with the selfishness. In my opinion, yes, maybe if the USA goes bankrupt, they'll stop being the bully of the world and open their wasteful eyes. Alternate energy, who stopped its research and development? Oil companies, where are said oil companies generally located? USA. Who wont stand up to them and say, STOP KILLING THE FUCKING PLANET AND ATMOSPHERE! Hardly anyone.

In the early 90s, there was "EV" offered by a number of different auto manufacturers, GM and Honda for examples. Both were all electric, and both had ranges of around 200-300 MILES. The battery technology was there, the electric cars were there. What happened? Oil companies bought the company that developed the battery technology, and began producing much less efficient batteries only offering 100-150 miles of range.

Did you know? Electric cars were around in the early 1900s, being the preferred means of transport over gas vehicles, due to the electrics being quieter and a smoother ride. What happened there? Oil Companies. Most major North American cities, had electric trolley systems throughout the city. Who bought and destroyed and replaced them? Oil companies? Nope, GM, who opened a "ghost" company that built city buses, what'd they do with the trolley cars? Scrapped.

How are these mega companies, still around and still doing these obscene ridiculous acts?! Think of where we could be right now if it wasn't for this hindrance holding back the human race. Don't get me wrong I LOVE CARS and gas motors. But instead of technology being made to develop useful things, we are now counter-productively, going to have to figure out how to save our planet before we can really progress further technologically as well as a species.