habitat loss, local pollution, overhunting or any other myriad of ways that humans wipe out species. Why not? I was challenging your statement: Why is it

habitat loss, local pollution, overhunting or any other myriad of ways that humans wipe out species. Why not? I was challenging your statement: Why is it bad to be disconnected from nature? What's wrong with going in the opposite direction towards increased artificiality, given that our very artificial infrastructure keeps us alive? Bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_threats_to_the_Great_Barrier_Reef http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_threats_to_the_Gr... is an example of destruction of environment around us as we keep doing what we're doing. I don't feel the need to count the species that became extinct due to habitat loss, local pollution, overhunting or any other myriad of ways that humans wipe out species. Keep doing what we're doing and we will screw ourselves, global warming or not.