Monday, December 31, 2012

The Earth has another three billion years

A new year begins soon, in spite of the end of the Mayan Calendar which finishes on December 21st (or 12nd), 2012 ... and nobody seems to be worried about the theory and its hypothetical cataclysm :) The prophecy was a mistranslation that has been portrayed in the media. As you know, people tend to be sheep! The planet is going to go on and has another three billion years. But we will have to deal with other issues: unemployment and pollution in Western countries, human rights and wars in the muslim part of the world such as Syria, Egypt and Nigeria. We, people who live in the Northern emisphere of the world, have taken everything for granted, particularly fuels, commodities, environment and that sort of things. Anyway, I am reasonably optimistic although we have got to be careful: the ecological footprint of nations shows that humans are horribly depleting the world, but I think there's an optimistic future!
The photo above was taken two weeks ago when I went to Rome for shopping. It shows the big Christmas three which was set up in Vatican Square.
Happy New Year to Everyone!

10 comments:

ajh said...

Happy New Year! Have a happy and healthy 2013.

Black Knight said...

Tanto auguri di buon fine anno e per un grande 2013!!!!

Char said...

If I'd taken any notice of the end of the world predictions, I would have had an unhappy family on Christmas Day without presents.

Happy New Year to you and your family Giorgio. I hope 2013 is a good one for you.

Char said...

If I'd taken any notice of the end of the world predictions, I would have had an unhappy family on Christmas Day without presents.

Happy New Year to you and your family Giorgio. I hope 2013 is a good one for you.

Teamarcia said...

Happy New Year Giorgio! Yes, the world goes on!

Johann said...

Have a wonderful 2013 Giorgio!

Fran said...

Happy New Year Giorgio!

I'm to down to earth to believe end of the world stories. We never know how many days we have left in this life and my intention is to live every day to the fullest if that's possible.

martin briars said...

happy new year giorgio :)

martin briars said...

happy new year giorgio :)

strewth said...

Belated Happy New Year Giorgio! I do hope 2013 is a fantastic year for you.