Environmental breakdown
I had a discussion with a friend about environmental devastation that our civilization has created. I do agree that the technologies we have enable us to explore new sources of energy to alleviate the energy and environmental issues. The key problem, however, is our social values and our behaviors resulted from them. I can think of at least a handful human factors leading to environmental breakdown but I am not going to discuss them here. Recent news:
World's big polluters fund cleaner fossil fuels
<quote>Six of the world's major polluters... stressed they will be reliant for generations on polluting fossil-fuels that underpin their economies.</quote>China, India offer ecological wake-up call: report
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<quote>The Washington-based institute's "State of the World 2006" report said... If China and India, each with more than a billion people, were to match by 2030 the per capita use of resources of Japan, "together they would require a full planet Earth to meet their needs."</quote>Tell me again: what should I do at the personal level and as a member of the society?
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posted by Dan^2InHim @ 6:50 PM
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It is because the people on earth themselves physically and mentally have broken down into different groups.
If nations cannot cooperate, there is no solution. It always takes more time than it should be for people to learn from experience to build up public knowledge, in order to solve the prisoners' dilemma. Either we wait for this day to happen naturally, or wait for a world strong leader to appear.
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