Shocked and Saddened

Yesterday I went to a place that has always been rather special. A place on the coast of the ocean which is fairly secluded and extremely beautiful. A place that, I am glad, is not too easy for people to reach. It is also a place where one has to exercise caution because the surf can be dangerous, and the rocks can be very slippery. There may also occasionally be other people there, some of whom might be crazy. But mostly it has been a secluded place of peacefulness and bliss for me.

However yesterday I went there and experienced something which, in all the times in my life that I’ve been to any shoreline, I have never witnessed: A strong, unmistakable, and overwhelming stench of feces. My guess is that it was the result of a massive wastewater discharge from an ocean vessel. I don’t know why an operator of a vessel would do something like that. Perhaps they save money at the port to process less wastewater.

Whatever happened it is appalling and sickening. Even the birds were staying out of the water. I also noticed a lot of brown sediment in the water – something which I’ve also never seen before like that.

For whatever reason the discharge, which must have been a huge amount, accumulated in that particular area along the coast.

I’ve been trying to contact someone about this, searching the web for any water pollution contact numbers. Sadly, there isn’t anything easy to find. Yes I’ve found some contact info for administrative-type people at different agencies, but there was no clear number which was listed as a “To report pollution, call this number” type of thing.

It makes me wonder who really cares about this. Who really cares about the ocean? Outside of their job, sitting behind a desk, perhaps flying around attending conferences and meetings? Who is on the ground to respond? Does the oligarchy even want there to be people to respond? My guess is no, they do not. They probably only care about reporting or investigating something if its so overwhelmingly obvious that a lot of people notice it, to make it seem as if they care.

I can see how, with the human population burgeoning, problems like this are only going to intensify. It is sickening the way the human species is.

Update: On Monday when everyone was back in their offices I was contacted back by a couple people at federal agencies and given some good information about reporting future incidents.

But its still sad to think that incidents like this are only likely to increase in frequency and intensity as the human population burgeons on planet Earth. And it will not be limited to the oceans. Forests are being destroyed, land is being mined. The human species, if it wants to save Earth, needs to stop reproducing. But no politician has the guts to tackle the grave threat of overpopulation. It is political disaster. Instead of taking a stand against overpopulation though politicians are pandering to those who want unbridled population increase. It is insanity. The sin that is being perpetrated right now will not manifest in its full intensity until generations from now. When fossil fuels become scarce humans will burn anything and everything they can to stay warm and cook for their babies. That is how it is. The catastrophes occurring now will pale in comparison with what is to come, when governmental systems fail and collapse and things turn to types of anarchy, chaos, and violence which are almost unimaginable.