In general, people don't understand why it's important to save the world's reefs and forests. I wish authors titled their environmental conservancy pieces more alarmingly. Such as "what will it take to save humanity?" Because that's why we really care about reefs and forests.
I agree. It's time to align the interests of the average person with the general health and biodiversity of this planet. Whatever it takes short of bald-face lies, which is what denialists or minimizers seem to be content to offer.
When you consider just the damage two septuagenarian billionaires have done to retard efforts to make some changes via regulation and legislation, it's insane that we even allow it.
While yes, ecosystems have kept humanity and the world alive for quite some time. I think its fair to say that the current trend for the last 2000+ years has been humanity taking survival into their own hands. Farming in the place of hunting/gathering, automation instead of employment. Nature has been taking a backseat for quite some time. Claiming ecosystems are inherently required for human survival is ignoring what invention is capable of. I do think its sad that our world must be destroyed in order for 'progress' to happen but its become clear that the amount of momentum mining and polution has far outweighs any effort to maintain roots and care for our planet.
Trust me when I say that I want to see biodiversity still. But I can't help but wonder if looking forward is more productive in the long run than trying to stop a freight train with bare hands. The average person has little to no power and organizations that have claimed to help these situations in the past are clearly not capable of effective and permenant change, simply road bumps.
What about the things technology isn't prepared to take over? Or something that would take a long time to perfect. I'd like to see technology try to replace bees. Nature is very efficient at what it does especially since it's been doing its thing way before humans invented anything substantial.
I completely agree there are aspects that arent simply handled. But you, the individual, are far more capable of inventing than stopping existing industries. You are more capable of maintaining a small bee hive than stopping industries from using pesticides. What is unclear to me is what effective legal actions can be made inorder to protect nature.
The cheapest and most effective solution would be a virus that wipes out the human population.
I'm not sure there is a realistic chance to develop a less drastic solution, since there are far too many different forces working on destroying reefs and forests (as a side-effect of whatever they do). Perhaps we need to focus on replicating the benefits from reefs and forests in a way that is profitable and scales.
This is what I was thinking. Something such as Algae Farms would be very productive in order to ensure Co2 was handled properly and we had a renewable resource of fuel. Additionally, they can be handled nearly anywhere with the only requirement is water and compost. As for the fish/animals lost in such ecosystems, they likely can never be replaced but collecting DNA samples would at least allow us to remember our history.
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[ 2.6 ms ] story [ 11.9 ms ] threadWhen you consider just the damage two septuagenarian billionaires have done to retard efforts to make some changes via regulation and legislation, it's insane that we even allow it.
Trust me when I say that I want to see biodiversity still. But I can't help but wonder if looking forward is more productive in the long run than trying to stop a freight train with bare hands. The average person has little to no power and organizations that have claimed to help these situations in the past are clearly not capable of effective and permenant change, simply road bumps.
I'm not sure there is a realistic chance to develop a less drastic solution, since there are far too many different forces working on destroying reefs and forests (as a side-effect of whatever they do). Perhaps we need to focus on replicating the benefits from reefs and forests in a way that is profitable and scales.