We are till we are extinct. Thankfully the dinosaurs went extinct before we did.As far as I can tell, humans are part of nature, too...aren't we?
Please understand, I do CARE about the environment. Technically I'm a "greenie" by many caring lifestyle choices; I drive a motorcycle (infrequently) and not a car, to have a much lower greenhouse effect, I work from home again to reduce travel inefficiencies etc, grow some food, and make a lot of personal choices to have a low footprint on the environment. So I'm one of the "good" people.Sounds like we shouldn't care at all. There are however many effects caused by human activity that could have and should have been avoided, for our own good.
Of course, species come and go. But we are intelligent enough to be the one that could live here for many many years to come. If we consider us just another species (=animal), well then there is indeed no reason to change anything, no problem with oil spills, air pollution, overpopulation and connected problems. Everything is self-regulating. But I'd prefer not to be the one that suffers the consequences.
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The "tripe" to which I was referring was my own post.My point with this tripe is the same as I have tried to make before.
Something I read the other day. This is the Google translated page: http://translate.google.com/transla...ce-technology/article/?aid=1231248150&act=urlHumans have the intelligence to recognize when we are headed in the wrong direction. The profit motive makes us behave otherwise and we continue with business as usual.
One can easily make the extrapolation that people who survive by scavenging through the garbage dumps or from recycling ewaste would benefit from more waste being generated.The fish apparently like living in a junkyard.
I think we all know this: Money Talks.Something I read the other day. This is the Google translated page: http://translate.google.com/transla...ce-technology/article/?aid=1231248150&act=url
And the reference paper: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6133/707
It has been alleged by many scientists that Carson's book was based on poor science. The banning of DDT has resulted in thousands of painful deaths of humans while returning almost not benefit to the birds it was meant to protect.It isn't just climate change, pollution is also a big hitter. Occasionally humans back off and a species recovers, such as with the book "Silent Spring".
I don't know Bill. In our neck of the woods, the caribou and moose suffer considerably when wolf numbers increase. And that's promoted by lacing the land with seismic lines which increase a packs mobility.The carabou and moose are returning in numbers because we have stopped (mostly) killing wolfs indiscriminately. A lot of the reasons was based on myth (that wolves attack humans).
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