I lack focus. I has been kind of very hard for me to keep focus lately.  I seem to have divergent ambitions. Its like am running several races simultaneously and I am bound not to come first in any of them. There is simply no time to reach for perfection. Thats where I make concessions and lower my ambitions.

I try to content myself with what I have and move along my pace.  Sounds like lazybones. Yeah?

Now that I am thinking of it, the experts were right. Fifteen or ten years back, I would simply shrug at the different early warnings coming from the experts about the environment. They would talk about the ozone layer, pollution, over population, disruptions in energy supply and what not. They anticipated different scenarios and problems ahead. At that time, these were only talk. The earth’s temperature would rise by a fraction of a degree celcius. Who cares? The icebergs are melting. So what?

But right now, all these talks are becoming a reality. Its here, we can feel it and its a pain. Climate change is here for real, its started. Climate change is causing major disruptions in our food supply. Our major suppliers of food are facing droughts.

Worst still, demand for food is increasing. Giants like China and India are experiencing unprecedented growth. People are getting money, they become more sophisticated and consume more. They want more food; they want more energy.

I doubt that our planet can sustain such growth. Maybe its time to contain our consumption patterns. We should rethink about the way we want to develop.

Mauritius is in a development frenzy right now, money is pouring in. Buildings mushrooming everywhere is an indicator. Maybe thats where sustainable development comes into play.

It is reassuring to see things taking shape however. Last week I heard our national utility company, CEB, is pondering about how to allow consumers produce their electricity and how they might be allowed to sell the same to the power grid. There are different renewables projects underway also. Lets wait and see the impact these might have on our energy mix.