delorean_boy:
I think the environment is very important, but i think as much as people like to whine and complain, i dont see a whole lot of people who care enough to actually do something, like supporting alternative energies, or by driving electric cars, and using biodegradable materials and what not. I think if these environmentalists want to be taken seriously they need to put their money where their mouth is. the world is addicted to its luxuries, and thus i dont think any thing major will happen to spur our addiction to fossil fuels, the most major pollutants.
but at the rate technology is advancing we have a lot to hope for.
One of the two main reasons I think enviroment has gone low on the priority lists of many is that it has become associated with so many wackos and extremists rather than thoughtful and common sense plans. They have a real “perception” problem.
The other is that much of it is disconnected in implementation. We have some who save paper, but you have to strong enough to bind it, tie it up and make a special trip to get it dropped off.
If you are trying to dispose of a computer, one time, I had made 19 calls in two days, city, county and state - couldn’t get anyplace to go.
I think a thoughtful, prudent common sense approach dropping all the extremists as spokespersons and “monitors” with a successful plan to find a way to implement much of it would help.
A certain amount of environmental change is required for man to live; those who want to claim land rights for a snail darter instead of relocating the snaildarters is one example; we also need to understand that over a period of years, certain species do disappear, it’s been so since time began. Extremism in this cause has done what it always does, made normal people lose a lot of interest.
We’ve also got to recognize improvements to the environment; I recall years ago, one mining company having finished with the mind, filled all the driling spaces with water, provided a natural filtration system and stocked it with fish. It became a lovely recreational area for the surrounding residents. We need to thin forest to prevent desructive forest fires, not too long ago the state where I live suffered devasting fire damages because environmentaists had not allowed for proper forest maintenance. UIntroducing wolves back into an ewnvironment fre of them for years where sheep grazers live. Much of it is non-sense.It’s stuff like this that makes people roll their eyes when the subject comes up.
