At the crossroads of destruction and creation........

Nord Stream are subsea pipelines, which run under the Baltic Sea, to export gas from Russia to Europe. The twin pipelines can export 110 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia to Europe at least for 50 years. The length of the pipelines is 1224 kms. The second pipeline of the two was completed in 2021. 

Nord Stream is a symbol of human endeavor. The entire progress in the modern world has been a result of relentless efforts by billions of people, for years, to create a safe, happy, and comfortable life for a human being. 

Recently, there have been blasts in the pipeline. Experts say that they were planned and well-orchestrated. It was speculated that UK was involved in the blasts, to refrain France and Germany to get an uninterrupted access to gas from Russia, owing to political concerns. There have been many theories, about who orchestrated the blasts, and which country stood benefitted by them. The leaks in the pipeline did bring up a scenario of a chilly winter in Europe. 

It's not important who caused the damage. 

What is important is the fact that a human destroyed what has been created by massive human endeavor. Nord Stream sabotage is a point at which the world stands at the crossroads - of massive destruction or unprecedented creation. 

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Heavy Engineering, Sustainable Energy, Internet of things and a lot more, the technologies of future bring about a promise of making life beautiful, bountiful, and comfortable on a sustainable basis, like it has never been in history. In the next thirty years, there is a promise that life would change, no one in the world would be sad, hungry, or impoverished. 

The other path is one of war, massive destruction, and death. 

Unfortunately, those who are in a position of power, those who are responsible for making rational, wise choices, have become lunatic. 

One nation which has attained a position of power, will go to any extent to maintain the same. If that means war, massive destruction or death, there is unscrupulous indifference to it. Some of the most powerful leaders of the world have absolute power. Some nations in the world think that they can retain a position of power forever. 

Life is transient, 70-80 years. When life itself is transient, it is impossible to keep an entity forever in the position of power. 

What humans have created; the humans can destroy. At micro or macro level, the lunatics, holding the position of power, in today's world, are unfortunately, very strongly driven towards destroying - pipeline, buildings, organizations, entities and nations. 

Nord Stream blasts are symbolic of a great and wide-spread fear of massive destruction, that has forced me to write this post. 

There are so many who have this fear today. All of them need to voice their opinion. 

A global voice against war and destruction. A global voice for creation !

The world is at crossroads.