ECOMOBILITY AND BLACK TIDE Ecomobility 2010 took place on April 16,17,18 in Montecatini Terme. It's only been three months, but how many have happened since then! The chain of disasters due to oil leaks require eco-friendly choices and fair.
to oil spill began April 20, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico after the sinking of the oil rig Deepwater is the worst environmental disaster in human history.
In this 2010, as well as in the Gulf of Mexico, there are also minor losses in the Red Sea, Nigeria (in the river Niger, which empties into the Atlantic), in China and elsewhere in the world.
Oil is primarily a raw material and it is illogical and criminal burn it as fuel. With it you are thousands of products, plastics, asphalt, tires, tools, support for medicine, fertilizer, etc. ... and there is no other raw material that can replace oil quickly, which is cheap, malleable, easily available, etc ... We are condemning the next generation to energy poverty. In fact, now we are more or less at the peak of oil production, but in a few decades when the black gold starts to run out, mankind will realize that the planet is depleted of an important resource that many of the subsoil and the natural balances are skipped. Burning oil or coal are real crimes against humanity, because the emissions contaminate the chemical composition of the atmosphere and this leads to climate change. There is a breakdown of emissions: one third are due to energy production, one third of the heating / cooling and a third to mobility. The Ecomobile is increasingly a necessity.
The growing demand for fuel oil demand drives the search for deposits are not easily accessible with damages and costs unsustainable for humanity and the planet. Profit is more important than safety, the controllers and the controls are the same characters for which there is a clear conflict of interest. It should be an independent international agency to control the safety of installations.
You can adjust production to renewable sources of energy and use more environmentally friendly technologies for the mobility sector. Now the technologies are there and you want you can also find the money.
Then there are factors that the scientific community does not know how much is the daily loss of oil? What is the exact chemical composition of solvents used by British Petroleum? It is a "State secret" or should we say a "secret" of the multinational BP, and this is another anomaly. We do not have the slightest information. The solvents are toxic components out of oil faster. The result is that the toxicity of the Gulf of Mexico is increasing, but without leaving the possibility of making predictions of experts and scholars. The long-term consequences are unknown. Save the coasts with solvents is another crime against humanity. Solvents are toxic by themselves already. In addition, the oil that the rescue observed from helicopters and aircraft is only a small part of what has already come out and sailing between the undercurrents below.
Environmental crimes are crimes against humanity. Unfortunately, however, have not yet been recognized as such and yet humanity has not yet had the political and legal recognition, is a vague term, representing all the world's population, but is not legally protected from any agency or institution. Humanity is so unprepared in the face of environmental emergencies, conflicts that are beyond the control pandemics. Every day, for example, about 30,000 children die of starvation under the full collective indifference: there is no world government or a body of judges who can take care of them once and for all and eradicate poverty from this planet.
After the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has not yet adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Duties and Peoples, but to safeguard the rights of the duties must be respected. Lacks the legal entity of mankind, represented by a body of law worldwide, a global executive body, an international tribunal (to resolve disputes between sovereign states), an international police body, etc. ...
basic needs, such as the right to food, water, health, to housing, education, a clean environment, etc ... are universal obligations that must be recognized, respected and guaranteed that every citizen of the world
global security and more to issues of national security or economic interests.
at this time humanity is at risk, because it is not recognized legally, so there is no entity that would protect the survival and protection of citizens of the world and natural habitats. Another example: the resources are not goods of nations that hold, but the patrimony of all humanity. Should be excluded from the law of demand and supply, and distributed fairly, fighting all forms of speculation and hoarding, waste and pollution of air, water and soil, to allow to succeeding generations an acceptable quality of life and dignity. For example, the UNESCO declared world heritage Antarctica. Who are the resources of Antarctica? Of all mankind. Yet many states are putting flags and redraw the borders at will to accommodate the deposits, is a flagrant violation. But who can we appeal to defend the rights of humanity? No one, humanity is still a vague concept, virtual, is not represented, has no political significance and legal.
Throughout history, various steps have been achieved, all legally recognized family, tribe, village, country, city, state, municipal, Lord, Nations and now there is a need of the legal definition of humanity. No going back, it always goes to larger aggregates and this shows us the arrow of evolution.
The beginning of the twentieth century was characterized by the illusion of living in an open, infinite, with virtually limitless resources, endless capacity for re-absorption of our emissions, etc ... The twenty-first century came into being with the awareness that we are entering in ' was the scarcity of resources. This poses serious problems for the protection of collective security. The temptation is to seize by force of deposits residual oil, natural gas, fresh water, fertile land for cultivation, etc. ... if we do not reach the unity of mankind, if we can not theorize a sort of Supreme State, on whose behalf the Member States must give up part of their rights, as to declare war, to take up arms, possession of resources, some rights to taxes, etc. ... The time is ripe to begin studying the legal processes that lead to the creation of a global legislative body, executive body of a world of an international tribunal to settle international disputes and to judge crimes against humanity and the environment, an international police body. It is necessary to harmonize legal systems to ensure that criminals are prosecuted anywhere in the world.
The war is still "legal" sovereign states have the "right" to declare war, "pursuing" only the excess. For example, excessive rapes or bombings of civilians in wars still "legal." However, it is logical to think that as you go to personal disputes by a judge, instead of using the "duel", similar to disputes between sovereign states should be used for an international tribunal, removing the individual nations the right to declare war. There should be an international commission to resolve once and for all disputes on the borders between states and the claims of nationality (for example, the question of the Kurds and the Palestinians). Then proceed to universal disarmament, because it makes no sense if it is only partial. And if a nation were to invade another all mankind would have the right to rise up against it. This would have required only small military contingents to the internal security of nations. The immense resources now in the arms could eventually be marketed for real progress of all mankind. The lawyers will seek to harmonize the different legal systems (fines and penalties), creating a parliament with representatives from all nations with a number proportional to the population, establishing the criteria of high moral character to be worthy of that office.
Similarly, the assault on the finite resources of the Earth is still perfectly "legal" with all the negative consequences we know. Monopolies, trusts and corporations with impunity affect the political and financial decisions of nations increasing the gap between rich and poor, polluting the environment and impoverishing the planet's resources, without which there is an opportunity to appeal to an international court.
Returning to the issue of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico would be appropriate to promote international efforts through regular meetings of the UN environment ministers of all nations, since the oil spill is not a question of American and BP, but around the world and that the consequences will extend to the entire globe. The meetings should also identify the path to legal recognition of crimes against humanity, environmental crimes for dragging the culprits before an International Criminal Court
most prestigious universities in the world could be carried out of the thesis on the political and legal recognition humanity, the Universal Charter of Duties (basic needs must be guaranteed to every citizen of the world), recognition of environmental crime punishable as a crime against humanity anywhere in the world
As already mentioned, the shortage of raw materials puts the people ahead of a dramatic choice: either more bloody conflicts and devastating than those committed so far to take possession of waste deposits, or achieve unity by adopting the principles of solidarity and high morality as a free and voluntary sharing of resources, moderation in consumption and use of mineral resources, marine and territorial ones.
The greatest evil is the disunity of mankind. Efforts are needed to achieve the unity of mankind, unity and respect for diversity, justice and the environment.
Every crisis is an opportunity for growth. The stronger the crisis and the greater growth opportunities. The crisis of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may set in motion a positive process for humanity. The times call for an evolutionary leap to mankind collectively, as it had never been asked before. "The Earth is one country and mankind its citizens." (See www.bahai.it)
Marco Brescia - www.marcobresci.it