László Bogár on people as nature's great affliction

The oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico testifies to mankind's destructive power, writes economist László Bogár in the conservative daily Magyar Hírlap: "What we are describing as an environmental disaster is really a profound moral and spiritual crisis for mankind. ... The Earth got along fine without mankind for billions of years and will continue to do so once mankind has disappeared. ... True, it will remember us for some time. According to a recently published study after mankind has died out it will take three thousand years for all the poisonous chemical residues we 'presented' it with to disappear. Its most lasting memory of us will without doubt be the nuclear waste that will continue to emit radiation for millions of years. ... Mankind's greed for profit is insatiable and makes it capable of anything. ... The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is only receiving such intense media coverage because it affects the world's most powerful and richest nation. ... But unfortunately it is only too clear that the gigantic machinery that governs the world's oil reserves is far more powerful than any government."

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