I think David is missing the best solution to the problem, at least in the Americas: Give (or sell) the land back to the Indigenous peoples, tribes, and nations. They are more environmentally conscious than anybody else, and since it's western capitalism (keep in mind that capitalism ≠ commerce; indigenous people had commerce which did n…
I think David is missing the best solution to the problem, at least in the Americas: Give (or sell) the land back to the Indigenous peoples, tribes, and nations. They are more environmentally conscious than anybody else, and since it's western capitalism (keep in mind that capitalism ≠ commerce; indigenous people had commerce which did not destroy the planet) that's destroying the planet, I think giving the indigenous people their land back seems like the best choice as far as saving all life on planet earth (because–as George Carlin pointed out–the planet will be fine, it's just that all or most life, let alone humanity, would not).
I think David is missing the best solution to the problem, at least in the Americas: Give (or sell) the land back to the Indigenous peoples, tribes, and nations. They are more environmentally conscious than anybody else, and since it's western capitalism (keep in mind that capitalism ≠ commerce; indigenous people had commerce which did not destroy the planet) that's destroying the planet, I think giving the indigenous people their land back seems like the best choice as far as saving all life on planet earth (because–as George Carlin pointed out–the planet will be fine, it's just that all or most life, let alone humanity, would not).