Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt00502)

For those of you who receive the american PBS (Public Broadcasting 
System), try to catch "Journey to Planet Earth". Maybe your station will 
repeat tonight's episode, which I considered to be excellent. Part Two 
will be next Monday evening, and might be repeated on some stations.

When they talked about how we're using our water supplies faster than 
they can regenerate, it reminded me of a major plot element of "The Moon 
Is a Harsh Mistress" by Robert A. Heinlein, 
(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0312863551/ref=nosim/recommendations) 
where the misguided government agencies were forcing the Moon farmers to 
use up the moisture on the Moon without replenishing it, and not 
believing the scientists who tried to explain that either they needed to 
replace the water that was being taken out of the ecosystem, or face 
disaster down the road.

In the same way that we try to be stewards of our learning, we need to 
be stewards of our resources. It was interesting to see what is 
happening in other parts of the world.

Sorry to get off topic, but I thought it was good enough to recommend 
for those of you who can get it.

John