gas on the fire

Thanks Karen. Hard it is to live in harmony with nature, but some of us try hard to do that. Thomas Midgley, Jr. invented and promoted tetraethyl lead in gasoline. He denied the harmful effects of lead even though he himself was poisoned by it. He also invented CFCs that destroy the Earth's Ozone Layer. If he were a politician, his initials would be D.T. (lol). His bio on wiki is an interesting read about greed and disaster in life. Smiles.

Yes, lead has hurt a lot of people. Glad you were here to enjoy this one!!!

Anaya....ahh transportation, yes. It would be so nice to have mass transportation to everywhere. It's so much better to take that than drive a car. We are using public transport much more these days. We consider ourselves lucky every time we can use it rather than drive.

Hi Tom! Amazing what we do in pursuit of profits. I am keeping well, as I hope you are too. We just keep watching what goes on in amazement. We're hoping sanity prevails sometime soon.

Hi SO, yes it is taking a long time to move away from fossil fuels. At least we've removed lead from most gasoline and reduced exposure to a chemical that seems to make more people resort to criminal behavior (if the research is correct). We still have lead in aviation gasoline and the hope is to remove the lead once and for all since it causes harm.

Thanks Maureen. This poem opens up a very abstract concept concerning the relationship of things. Turns out to be complex.

Daniel, you are so kind as usual. There is not a simple answer to cause and effect when it comes to changes in social behavior. Reading some of the information on these studies stimulates thought for sure. Thanks again for being so thoughtful!!