When I was younger, I think I would have considered myself a fairly strong environmentalist. And maybe its just me getting older, more cynical and nihilistic, but I'm currently having a hard time understanding what the end goal of environmentalism is.
What is the endgame? What is the ideal situation for an environmentalist? What would a perfectly, environmentally-friendly utopia look like?
It seems environmentalism is attempting to limit negative, human impacts on the planet. The logical conclusion of this is that we would be better off if there were no humans. No humans = no negative impacts. And certainly de-populating the planet over successive generations couldn't hurt.
Why do we make the distinction between "human-caused" and "natural-caused" events? Aren't humans part of nature too? Aren't they part of the evolutionary process?
What is the endgame? What is the ideal situation for an environmentalist? What would a perfectly, environmentally-friendly utopia look like?
It seems environmentalism is attempting to limit negative, human impacts on the planet. The logical conclusion of this is that we would be better off if there were no humans. No humans = no negative impacts. And certainly de-populating the planet over successive generations couldn't hurt.
Why do we make the distinction between "human-caused" and "natural-caused" events? Aren't humans part of nature too? Aren't they part of the evolutionary process?