Marc
New member
I would put the burden on the polluters to prove that it is okay to continue polluting. If they can't, then take away their licenses to drill for more oil and dig more coal, and phase out the use of their damaging product. When traces of pharmaceuticals turn up in drinking water, then tell the manufacturers if you can't figure out a way to prevent that, then you can't sell the drug anymore. When rivers are found to be dumping pesticides and fertilizer and cow dung into the oceans, tell the farmers and if you can't control your runoff, then you have to stop what you are doing. People and industries can adapt, but the people and government need to have the will to put the rules in place.
When the industrial revolution started, it was just assumed that man is so insignificant, he could never do serious damage to the environment. Now I think it is clear that this was a wrong assumption. We were born in a strange era of extravagant waste and pollution, rampant consumerism, population rising out of control, and it's not sustainable.
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