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The brine problem is played up because environmentalists don’t like building new industry to solve environmental problems. A big part of their psyche is that ma
by mrfusion 5y ago
The brine problem is played up because environmentalists don’t like building new industry to solve environmental problems. A big part of their psyche is that man must suffer for his sins against nature. IMO.
- baq 5y agoNo, environmentalists simply say that it’s worth to preserve the environment that humanity evolved in. One reason is for our grandchildren to be able to experience it and another is we don’t really know what happens if we destroy too much of it - we do have localized examples though and they’re really not good.
- RobertRoberts 5y agoEnvironmentalists are mostly political today, they focus their efforts on benign & wealthy countries instead of the most polluting. (Which are often poor or run by dictatorships)
- admax88q 5y agoI, too, focus on problems at home that I have any hope of changing rather than yelling at countries on the other side of the planet that have zero incentive to listen to me.
- RobertRoberts 5y agoAre you suggesting no country should tell any other country how to be environmentally conscience? I would argue that those countries that are cleaner have the moral authority to lead the way to a cleaner planet.
- admax88q 5y agoI'm suggesting it is bullshit to disparage environmentalists just because theyre focused on problems in their local country. Countries should totally put pressure on others, but individual environmentalists putting pressure on their local countries makes sense.
- 8note 5y agothe US, by virtue of having guns pointed at the leaders of every other country, should be telling every other country to be environmentally conscious. Unfortunately, the US itself needs to beinfluenced into being environmentally conscious
- baq 5y agoof course they're political, how else do you get to change policies? chaining yourself to trees doesn't do much nowadays.
- beebeepka 5y agoThe environment. Yes or no? Candidate 1: No. It's junk science. Candidate 2: Two words: Condor attack. Don't want that. Got to say no. ... Candidate 5: Enviro-mite!