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Originally Posted by Earl of Bronze
Looks like Mr Smith from the Matrix is correct, humans are a virus slowly choking the world to death.
If humanity started recycling every piece of recycleable product today, addressed the wasteful use of fossil fuels. Placed a moratorium (sp?) on industrial fishing for 10 years. And a raft of other badly needed, but highly controversial eco-friendly legislation. Perhaps we might just stop the planets ecosystem being driven into meltdown.
Yeah, that will happen in todays consume and dispose society.  |
I think part of the problem is the polarity in our society - there are people who care only where their next thrill is coming from and don't know they are breathing, let alone what they breathe. Then there are those who believe it is their right to have several houses, cars, planes & that they are 'too important' to worry about the environment.
In between are people who genuinely care for our planet, who recycle, use local suppliers, etc - usually labelled as 'slightly weird' - and, unfortunately, in the minority.
I was pleased to see EOB's comment about industrial fishing, I would like to see a drastic reduction in the use of fertilisers, herbicides and pesticides - we don't need the high yields of crops to feed ourselves (in the 'western' world, anyway) and the problems of run-off of theses chemicals into water courses is getting worse.