01-06-2020, 06:17 PM
The earth is indeed resilient. But the things you speak of were singular events. Plus we haven't fully recovered from the few atomic/nuclear accidents.
It is humans who are adapting to environmental changes, non humans are not faring so well.
We know that we can't survive numerous nuclear attacks or accidents, so we try to avoid them.
We know we can no longer drink out of streams and tainted wells, so we don't. Who would have thunk just a few years ago that bottled water industry would be booming as it is now.
We know we can't bathe in the sun like we used to, so we don't
We know that we can't safely breath air in populous cities in India and china, so we wear masks, avoid those places, or die young.
We know we shouldn't eat fish out of Wisconsin lakes and streams, so we don't.
We can't eat Polar bear anymore so we eat burgers.
It's not the planet that's just peachy, it's people changing their behavior that will enable us to survive. It might not have to be that way is my point. Degradation for degradation sake is evil.
It is humans who are adapting to environmental changes, non humans are not faring so well.
We know that we can't survive numerous nuclear attacks or accidents, so we try to avoid them.
We know we can no longer drink out of streams and tainted wells, so we don't. Who would have thunk just a few years ago that bottled water industry would be booming as it is now.
We know we can't bathe in the sun like we used to, so we don't
We know that we can't safely breath air in populous cities in India and china, so we wear masks, avoid those places, or die young.
We know we shouldn't eat fish out of Wisconsin lakes and streams, so we don't.
We can't eat Polar bear anymore so we eat burgers.
It's not the planet that's just peachy, it's people changing their behavior that will enable us to survive. It might not have to be that way is my point. Degradation for degradation sake is evil.