A correlation exists between achievable freshwater availability worldwide and the reverence for life ethic.

In 1859 Louis Pasteur disproved the spontaneous generation of life, thus beginning the age of cosmic genealogy on Earth meaningfully characterized by evolutionary panaltruism and human unity.   Rooted to universal forelaws of empathy and compassion (empirical attributes of cosmic genealogy seated within the genome of humankind and all intelligent life), evolutionary panaltruism and human unity are imperative in fulfilling the promise and gift of intelligent life on Earth.  Though today actively in denial of their own humaneness, international terrorists remain genetically predisposed (and reeducable) to compassionate humanness common to all humankind.  

Global water equilbrium is the state of balance between seawater converted to freshwater amply available worldwide on one side and, on the other, constancy in planetary sea levels.  Mandated and coordinated  through the United Nations Security Council, dramatically accelerated, expanded and sustained seawater desalination will ensure (1) relief for member-states vulnerable to sea-level rise, (2) freshwater more than adequate the world over, (3) stabilization of ocean shorelines, (4) enlarged land mass/biomass on Earth, and (5 freshwater deposits where once resided coal and petroleum.

As the basis for a compassionate/cooperative global society (freshwater plentiful worldwide) - consistent with the reverence for life ethic - global water equilibrium sets the stage for further progress toward planetary climate stability, that is, generational viligance and refinement of Earth's surface reflectivity (albedo) in concert with continuing scientific research and understanding of solar radiation.  Global water equilibrium (Project Ice-SHARE/Green Earth) and the exploration of space capture the questing spirit of all humanity, with success of the latter tethered to success of the former.

On May 20, 2010, President Obama asked the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues for a report (within six months) of findings, recommendations, and suggestions relative  to the creation of synthetic bacteria by the J. Craig Venter Institute.  A week later the U. S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce held hearings entitled "Developments in Synthetic Genomics and Implications for Health and Energy."


"Given the importance of this issue, I request that the Commission consult with a range of constituencies, including scientific and medical communities, faith communities, and business and nonprofit organizations." - President Barack Obama.

 

The future of artificial life (synthetic biology), as holistically critiqued by this and succeeding generations, turns, essentially, on its compatability with the promise and gift of intelligent life, with reverence for life, with universal forelaws of empathy and compassion, and with evolutionary panaltruism and human unity - allies as humanity progresses toward active membership in the cosmic community of intelligent life, in the age of cosmic genealogy on Earth.


In forelawsship on board,

 
Robert E. Cobb