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Why so much focus on climate? Sure, it affects humanity directly, but we're not the only species on Earth. What about the ecological impact of deep sea mining?
by fractallyte 3y ago
Why so much focus on climate? Sure, it affects humanity directly, but we're not the only species on Earth.
What about the ecological impact of deep sea mining? What about the cascade through connected ecosystems, which we know so little about? Yes, it eventually will indirectly affect humanity too.
This kind of anthropocentrism is exactly the problem. We should be equally concerned about the fauna and flora with which we share our planet.
- solarengineer 3y agoA worsening climate impacts other living beings too.
- Krssst 3y ago> We should be equally concerned about the fauna and flora with which we share our planet. For the plants we eat or that are producing the oxygen we breath, sure.
- defrost 3y agoThat's pretty first order shallow near sighted thinking though. What about the things depended upon by the things upon which we depend? You have some basic understanding of the general web of life support and codependancy that makes up our environment I would hope.