The fundamental problem with this sort of debate is it inevitably fails to get to the heart of the matter.
Humans have an impact on the environment, this is a fact. We use up resources, we produce waste, we change landscapes, we foul water, we burn fossil fuels, we chop down forests, we introduce alien species of flora and fauna... everything we do changes our environment in some way.
This behaviour is not new and is not limited to just humans, every species of animals does it, some species extinct themselves through doing it. If we carry on reproducing in large numbers and behaving the way we do then we will extinct ourselves, or at best seriously reduce our numbers because the environment will not sustain us.
This has been going on for millions of years, what makes us think we can change it. We might be able to hold it off for a while but to what ends? We are not the guardians of the planet; we are not and never will be friends of the Earth.
Environmentalism is predicated on the perpetuation of conditions optimal for human survival. A battle we are never going to win.
But, environmentalism offers us the same basic comforts as religion, it provides hope and censorship. Censorship in the form of a set of rules we need to follow in order to realise our hope for a better future.
It's a crusade, and if it were not environmentalism it would be something else we invented to fulfil the need. If we are to evolve (Humans 2) then we must accept extinction of what we are now because that's how it works and deep down we all know it.
MM
Humans have an impact on the environment, this is a fact. We use up resources, we produce waste, we change landscapes, we foul water, we burn fossil fuels, we chop down forests, we introduce alien species of flora and fauna... everything we do changes our environment in some way.
This behaviour is not new and is not limited to just humans, every species of animals does it, some species extinct themselves through doing it. If we carry on reproducing in large numbers and behaving the way we do then we will extinct ourselves, or at best seriously reduce our numbers because the environment will not sustain us.
This has been going on for millions of years, what makes us think we can change it. We might be able to hold it off for a while but to what ends? We are not the guardians of the planet; we are not and never will be friends of the Earth.
Environmentalism is predicated on the perpetuation of conditions optimal for human survival. A battle we are never going to win.
But, environmentalism offers us the same basic comforts as religion, it provides hope and censorship. Censorship in the form of a set of rules we need to follow in order to realise our hope for a better future.
It's a crusade, and if it were not environmentalism it would be something else we invented to fulfil the need. If we are to evolve (Humans 2) then we must accept extinction of what we are now because that's how it works and deep down we all know it.
MM
