that their small influence, guides the universe

Well "man" is guiding this planet's eco-system. Many species going extinct and we are hastening that process. Look inward, can't we see that our species is not immune from that process?

Science will come to the rescue, it always does! But we ainta gonna like the answer.

Even those of us who recognise the problem, don't like all the solutions. We recycle, constrain our consumption, but when there is a festival, folk club, or dance only one hour's drive away - well we have earned enough brownie points to deserve ......................