tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4409814846400976038.post2511539517730845652..comments2024-03-11T08:32:32.526-05:00Comments on Living Rootless: Louisiana Lit: Dave Robicheaux and AlcoholUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4409814846400976038.post-70131360766252418412014-04-12T13:28:44.667-05:002014-04-12T13:28:44.667-05:00When I gaze upon those beer bottles, it reminds me...When I gaze upon those beer bottles, it reminds me of why I have difficulty being a rabid environmentalist (myself being much too much of a pragmatist (also synonymous with lazy)). Of more concern to me is the pollution that belched forth in the production and distribution of the bottles that are obviously being returned to the earth after only one use. <br /><br />Some may consider this an eyesore, which generally fits the description of most garbage, but in this particular case, the photographer has turned it into a bit of art. Well done! <br /><br />Especially nice having the remnants of an ancient volcanic plug as the backdrop to give things a bit of a geological perspective. In a few brief ticks of the geological time clock, the bottles will be just bits of dust in the wind. <br /><br />As Siddhartha noted, it may end up as soil that nurtures a living thing. That idea is discussed as well in "A Sand County Almanac" by Aldo Leopold.<br /><br />As an aside, the bottles will definitely create a micro-habitat that will in turn foster the co-evolution of new niches in these harsh, barren lands. That could be ecologically profound if brought to a larger scale. <br /><br />Maybe we could form a non-profit that advocates that the crushing of bottles be outlawed and it be required by law that bottles be widely scattered throughout desert lands world-wide in effort to ameliorate the onslaught of anthropogenic desertification.<br /><br />Statisticians could be utilized to develop algorithms to cluster the bottles in some optimal fashion instead of just distributing them willy-nilly. Laws could be passed protecting these delicate lands from the ravages of dune buggies and .... oops - maybe I was getting a little carried away there. <br /><br />Any how (as Dudley J Leblanc would say), its a fine photograph.<br /><br />That's what reading sci-fi will do to a young brain. Mark it for life, for sure. Methinks a little to much of Frank Herberts "Dune" got laser beamed into my brain cells.<br /><br />Forgot all about good old Dave Robicheaux - and that is definitely another story.Geoff Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934798535728649539noreply@blogger.com