Not that I disagree with anything you’ve said, but I feel it’s important to acknowledge the often ignored fact that the same process of industrialization and ca

Not that I disagree with anything you’ve said, but I feel it’s important to acknowledge the often ignored fact that the same process of industrialization and capitalism that has impacted the environment has also lifted billions of people out of poverty and brought about the the highest standards of living in human history. We are only now seeing the structural changes that will stabilize the human population after generations of growth from the advent of industrial agriculture. Contraception has only been widely available in most parts of the world for ~30 years and there are still places without it. It’s very different to deliver this moral lecture to a Starbucks sipping, SUV driving North American, than to someone who lives in a rural village in Mongolia. Effective environmental altruism must recognize the human element as it forms a key piece of the ethical dilemma. You will never convince someone who lives in poverty or other forms of hardship to make sacrifices to preserve the environment, and it may not even be ethical to attempt to do so.