Firstly – well done to Prince Charles! Being an antimonarchist does not stop me from congratulating the man when he uses his power and position to do something good. I believe he does care. He wants to protect rainforest and natural habitat around the world.
Secondly – Is it possible for a bunch of capitalists, with all their vested interests, wish for perpetual growth, lust for power, and greed, to find a way forward? How bad does it have to be for the prospects of the planet before people like this see there is more money to be made out of preserving nature rather than destroying it?
Thirdly – are we in the process of preserving wild-life and jungle merely as a tourist attraction? Is the whole world a theme-park akin to Disneyland? Are the only reasons to preserve gorillas, elephants, rhinos and chimps so that rich westerners will spend money to see them? Surely they are more important than that?
Fourthly – are even the rabid industrialists beginning to realise that global warming will create more problems than they can cope with? Will the cost of warming the world prove too much? Will it be cheaper to stop it warming?
Fifthly – Are they planning to do something about the real cause of all the problems? The problems are being caused by the huge population increases. That is priority number one!
Sixthly – Issues such as deforestation, burning of jungles, pesticides, pollution, trade in wild animals, loss of natural habitat, cruel poaching of wild animals, whaling, and a hundred and one other pressing environmental issues cannot wait. They are too in need of attention to wait. It isn’t a question of money. It is a fact that we are destroying species at an unprecedented rate. We can’t afford to wait. They need protecting now!
50% of the world for humans! 50% for everything else!
The animals and plants deserve to live too!
EB Wilson also sets a 50% conservation goal. Re the old-school word conservation, it’s clear that reduced energy consumption (gasoline, paper, plastic, electricity, coal, water) would go a long way toward reducing warming. However, the economy would crash and who would suffer? Bit by bit we will make government work for us.
Bumba – the economy won’t crash if funding was put into renewables, indeed it would grow. Many jobs would be created. I see it as a question of direction and priorities. At present the petro-industry are pulling the shots and creating the narrative.
The biggest problems are deforestation and overpopulation.
Already the effects of climate change are happening. We have extreme flooding here this week. It is costing billions.
Oh, it’s going to cost a fortune. They will have cashed in their chips before then.
It might dig into the profits being creamed off the top Bumba!