(November 6, 2015 at 10:15 am)ChadWooters Wrote: Whateverist, as a Christian I recognize the call the serve as good stewards of our blessings, including this garden planet full of life and abundant resources. At the same time, I am unwilling to accept that our species has moral obligations to grand abstractions like ‘the environment’ or ‘all living things’. What exactly does ‘Save the Planet’ mean other than a loose collection anti-technology pet causes with big government solutions?It means give a hoot, don't pollute. It also means, don't be a self-centered douche.
Quote:The solutions of Environmentalists universally rely on various bans, forced cut-backs, and resource restrictions enforced by intrusive governmental regulations and diverting taxpayer funds to large politically connected businesses and organizations. In short, they really on top-down suppression of human ingenuity, liberty, and wealth creation.Oh shit. I thought you were kind of a hippy woo-believer. Now I see you're a Republican.
Some people have been predicting environmental catastrophe and disaster for as long as I have been alive. First there was the ‘Population Bomb’. In order to avert mass starvation and ecological disaster liberal/progressives proposed and of state distribution of birth control, incentives for sterilization, and regulating family sizes. What happened instead was that human ingenuity has made land more productive, the food supply more plentiful and affordable. Sugar from GMOs is chemically identical to organically produced sugar.
You're also wrong. Do you really think food is cheaper? Gone shopping in the last couple decades?
