Pleasant events indicate
resource utilization. Unpleasant events indicate resource waste.
Eco-Logic is a powerful tool to
discover nature. I have used it successfully and wish to share it with
you.
Nature is logically designed
and we can harness it better by understanding this design.
The most important lesson that
will be useful is:
- Silent or
pleasant events indicate resource utilization, and unpleasant events
indicate waste of resources.
It is necessary to start
applying this lesson in everyday life and identify leakages of our
valuable resources...
Let me expand a bit.
Glass pieces on the road hurt
us. This unpleasant event indicates waste of a resource. The same glass in
a recycling bin is a path towards resource recovery.
Black and toxic exhaust from
our vehicles implies waste of fuel.
Building a tall chimney for a
furnace might disperse the pollutants but this is only the NIMBY
(Not In My Back Yard) approach. The pollutants come back to us through
toxic rain.
Indicators of optimum resource
utilization are silent or pleasant - silent when the resource utilization
is at its best, and pleasant when there is a need to warn us of a possible
waste which was prevented through timely action. A pleasant event, thus,
is an award for the timely action.
Indicators of waste are
unpleasant. Color is towards black or red. Smell is unpleasant. Taste is
unpleasant. Most poisons are bitter and we are sensitive to this taste.
Poison production in nature is a warning that resources are being wasted.
It is a final warning - one that may result in death.
Nature is logically designed
and even modern man cannot do a better job.
We add mercaptans (to give a
repulsive garbage-like smell) to our cooking gas (which has no smell of
it's own) to serve as a leakage warning signal.
This Eco-Logic has greatly
helped me gain a wealth of knowledge that is not present in the latest
literature. It is a powerful way to read nature.
Bright colored insects, fungi,
frogs, snakes, fish, and so on indicate waste of resources. These
creatures have toxin-like substances and could be eaten only by specific
predators that have the machinery to manage them.
In addition to color, smell and
taste, another attribute that appeals to our senses is texture. Rough
texture is unpleasant and signals waste of resources.
There is one more sensory organ
-- the ear.
The absence of sound is
peaceful. Consonance and silence indicate control, while dissonance acts
as a fire alarm; one that cannot be taken musically.
While one can be proud about
having mango trees with cuckoos singing sweetly in the spring, it is not
so about the crows which signal us of wasted resources.
The popping sounds one hears
when corn is popped come from mini-explosions due to nitrates present in
the specific variety of corn. Nitrates are used in explosives for the same
purpose.
The popping explosions warn us
about the nitrates. These are bad for our health. Popping removes most of
the nitrates.
Our conventional practices are
eco-logical, too!
Dr.
Uday S. Bhawalkar
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