Something is causing an increase in natural disasters. It seems that over the last several years, storms have grown more and more intense, causing panic, fear, and far too many deaths. So why is this happening now? Could it be that humans have brought these events upon themselves? Everyone has heard about the looming threat of global warming, and it is known that warmer water temperatures cause more hurricanes. This year’s hurricane season is among the worst ever recorded.

This year has seen an extremely destructive tsunami in Asia, mudslides and flooding in Central America, melting icecaps in the poles, wildfires in the western United States, severe droughts and starvation in Africa, and several other dreadful catastrophes.

So if global warming and environmental destruction are in fact causing more natural disasters, can anyone be blamed? The answer is a resounding “Yes!” Narrow minded, corporate, greedy, money-driven Westerners are ruining our world in more ways than one.

For the sake of profit (so they can gain more material possessions for themselves), these are the people emitting harmful toxins and greenhouses gases into the atmosphere. Unfortunately, they are fighting to maintain the current trend.

The U.S. government, to protect the interests of politicians’ corporate buddies, continues to reject the internationally ratified Kyoto Protocol, which calls for a reduction of emissions.

It is these folks who tear down trees, causing deforestation, which leads to mudslides. It is they too who are depleting the world of its natural resources, causing people to starve, and interfering with disaster relief aid.

These greedy western capitalists are turning our world, the most precious asset of humanity, into an uninhabitable place. They must be stopped.

Perhaps these natural disasters are Nature’s way of warning us to change our ways. The entire world is in a state of panic and fear because of this. Unfortunately, Nature is too often going after the wrong people. It is often the poor that are most directly harmed by these natural disasters, not those rich money-hungry fools.

It seems like Nature may be smarter and more malignant then we have thought. We have been pushing its buttons for too long now and it’s not going to sit back and while they wreak havoc. People all over the world need to show Nature that we are on her side, and not on the side of capitalist destruction.

This is not easy to do, though. It involves adapting our way of life. We need to learn how to consume less and think twice about many of the things we are so accustomed to doing. Even though people don’t typically enjoy altering their ways, if we don’t, humans will not be here much longer.