Topic: Are we doing enough to save the planet? - page 4. (Read 2366 times)

I am afraid you are right. We are all responsible for everything that is happening to our planet. The sad part is that not all of us feel that it is our fault and it will be too late when most of us start doing something to save the planet.

i dont mean to sound negative, but i think the earth is beyond human redemption, man has done more harm than good to the planet. human activities like oil drillage, defrostation, nuclear weapon production and testing to mention but a few are the cause of natural disasters like earthquake, vulcanoe etc. man will not relent in it quest for tecnological advancement, as such the earth will keep degrading.

You are right. If we start doing something to reverse the effects of global warming, it might alleviate the damage that we caused our planet. However, it might be too late already. Even if we all try to plant a treat everyday, it is still likely that the world will keep falling down, taking us all with it in the near future.

I think we are doing more to destruct it. And the good things we do, don’t compensate the harm. Our planet’s forests, oceans and land soak up billions of tonnes of carbon that causes a climate change. Temperatures keep rising and soon, we will not be able to control the earth’s equilibrium. We can avoid the sad scenario but it's going to take a fundamental re-adjustment of our relationship with the planet. We need a total re-orientation of human values, equity, behaviour and technologies. We are going to have to get very busy with planting trees, protecting forests, working out how to block the Sun's rays and developing machines to suck carbon out of the air.
And, we should also think of “green mining”: revolutioniziong the energy efficiency, minimizing energy consumption, reusing waste energy etc

I have to agree with that. In a few years, we are going to ran out of food if we do not take care of our environment. There are oceans running out of fishes and other marine life, and a lot more are filled with trash. Segregating trash into their proper bins and eliminating the use of plastic, as well as recycling helps, but it is not enough. Sometimes, I wonder if all of us will ever get to do something to save our planet.

The truth is, the planet is in a poorer state than people realize, there are several issues mounting that are not being properly addressed at the individual, corporate and governmental levels. A brief list of challenges that we face now, or will face shortly;

1. Greenhouse gas emissions
2. Pollution of the oceans
3. Extinction of natural wildlife
4. The energy crisis
5. The increasing scarcity of many natural resources
6. Overpopulation (possibly a non-issue if the rest are resolved)

In reality, everybody knows to some extent that their actions damage the environment or at least to some small part, make the future a little worse for everyone. However, people are selfish, they don't care about what makes the world better and hence the world continues along its current path towards oblivion. However, there are feasible solutions for all of the above, the only thing missing is the corporate or national will to achieve these. For example, here in the UK there was legislation passed to ban all combustion engine vehicles by 2040, which in my opinion is too little too late.

Governments are taking handouts from the corporations (or sponsorships) which gives them favorable treatment. If the world were truly looking for a solution, fossil fuel based power plants and vehicles would be outlawed within a decade or two, and there would be hefty fees for polluting the oceans and environment. Unfortunately, that's not the world we live in

I think we are not doing enough to save this planet. If we are doing enough this planet wouldn't need any saving

Hmm, are we  I don't think so as there is so much more we can do at a personal level for example really recycling the paper/plastic waste but also food is becoming a ew crisis especially in the western-world. We need to be more unified and care more about the planet that feeds us.

If recycling and making sure I throw trash in its proper place is not a start to try to be a good citizen then I do not know what is. It is not much, but if we only try to do something, even a small one, then it will make a difference.

This "we" is the cheat that is used to renounce individual responsibility. What are YOU doing...

for example :

No, we are not doing enough because mitigation policies are not rightly directed. Global prosperity  comes at a huge expense of the natural environment. Ironically, poverty remains one of the root causes of environmental degradation globally. From the dwindling Amazon forest in South America to the expanding Sahara desert in Africa and the disappearing rain forests of central and western Africa, all are traceable to over exploitation by impoverished peasant populations struggling to make a living. We will still not be doing enough until global poverty is tackle head-on and reduced to the barest minimum particularly in Latin America and Africa.

NO WE ARE NOT!!

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No, we're doing enough to ruin the planet.

Only a small group of people is doing something to achieve the opposite effect (relative to the entire population of the Earth). The same can be said about the reduction of the population - while the population of some countries is reducing, the rest of them are returning everything to its places.

However, the planet has the necessary means to independently regulate its state. Therefore, the only ones who need salvation are people.

I agree. Some of us dont feel responsible for what is going on in our planet so those environmental causes may be useless if none or so little of us participate. For example, the cause to stop using plastic. A lot of companies and people have urged other people to stop using single use plastic, but are we doing it? They are little things but even a little will come along way than nothing.

I happen to disagree with this. But I think many people like to blame people that aren't harming the world because they know themselves are the ones responsible... I think we can treat the world better, but there needs to be some coherent strategy that everyone agrees on.

Some of them are not even thinking that there is "climate change" and meanwhile some of them are thinking "earth is flat". yeah, the world is on a path to destruction through human activity causing "Rapid Resource Depletion" and "Heavy Environmental Pollution" which has exceeded Earth's threshold capacity.

The point I was trying to make to the OP is that semantics matter.  We get way to much hyperbole in our news and media today.  Every body is a "chicken little."  The end is nigh.  The funniest thing, the OP sounded off in the thread I started about Mars, stating his fear that we'll destroy that planet too...  What the Fuck is there to destroy on mars?  The atmosphere is already full of CO2, there are no oceans, plants, animals...

It's the mob mentality.  Some one hears a word used to describe something he's unhappy with, and the brain dead lemmings repeat it until it becomes "truth."

I am a conservationist.  I love nature.  I hunt, back-pack, and mountain bike for fun.  I compost everything I can for my home garden.  I try hard to conserve electricity.  I do as much as I possibly can to preserve the environment.  But when people get on their "We're destroying the Plant" hype I just cringe.  That's only going to hurt conservation efforts if you cannot separate the rational from the emotional.

There are plenty organizations that are very much committed in helping environmental issues, most of them study about the threats, but if most of the peoole are not doing the same things, it will probably affect nothing in restoring our environment, we shoul be doing something in our little own ways which will result as a domino effect that in the long run will help sustain our resources for the future generations to still see the true beauty of our world.

First one; contraception plus sex education, but it will be hard. A large percentage of human population still consult with their religious law. Solution? Genocide.

Last one is impossible. The gravity on mars is not suitable for humans. Venus is a better option.

"In the long term, permanent settlements could be made in the form of cities designed to float at about fifty kilometer altitude in the atmosphere of Venus. The advantages of the Venus atmosphere over other proposed space settlement locations includes an abundance of atmospheric volatiles, sufficient for life support, benign temperature and pressure, shielding from cosmic and solar-flare radiation, plentiful solar energy, and nearby access to the rocky (silicate) surface materials."

Source

A good example - https://youtu.be/Wy7Q6wazD_E

I remember a few years ago being in a political forum, and one of the topics was a discussion about a yearly event where people are encouraged to save on electricity for that one day, to reduce and make more people aware of pollution. Something to that effect.

The majority of the people there were really annoyed by the concept, and in retaliation they were purposefully going to run all their lights, TVs, and appliances that wastes the most electricity as possible.

So what does that tell you?