My response to the city thing....
I would like to see cities ration their resources and plan to be cleaner. That would be good for everyone.
However, the thought of expanding somewhere else that is yet untouched scares me greatly.
I find that rather than attempt to clean up the mess we have already made and stay in the cities we have, humans would rather let those cities deteriorate and continue to pollute the earth while they move to pure areas and attempt a fresh start. This is terrible.
I believe a lot can be learned by dealing with the consequences of your actions and having to find a solution without getting a "mulligan." We as humans should have to suffer the penalties of dirty air and roadside trash, and rather than move to a pristine desert or rain forest and demolish it, should find ways of cleaning up the areas we already have. After all, we have spent years developing these urban areas and some of them we are very proud of.
Despite the fact that we make it sound like a clean city and will reduce waste, the fact is that we are still destroying untouched earth. A city looks like an abomination: a blip on a beautfiul area that by the grace of God we have left alone this long. Sure, it wouldn't make much pollution, but think of all you would be destroying just to build in that area. And a city there, no matter how clean, would still be a disruption to the ecosystem. I don't think lizards or vultures care much for automobiles, or people for that matter.
And if we leave our current cities as they are they will continue to junk up the planet. We need to start some reactive measures for cleaning up what we already have. And this will give us an advantage because while cleaning up we will know how to reduce pollution in the future and what NOT to do with our cities again. Learning from our mistakes is key. A new city sounds great at first, but I think we should fix what we already have before we go parading in some new area claiming it in the name of science.
However, the thought of expanding somewhere else that is yet untouched scares me greatly.
I find that rather than attempt to clean up the mess we have already made and stay in the cities we have, humans would rather let those cities deteriorate and continue to pollute the earth while they move to pure areas and attempt a fresh start. This is terrible.
I believe a lot can be learned by dealing with the consequences of your actions and having to find a solution without getting a "mulligan." We as humans should have to suffer the penalties of dirty air and roadside trash, and rather than move to a pristine desert or rain forest and demolish it, should find ways of cleaning up the areas we already have. After all, we have spent years developing these urban areas and some of them we are very proud of.
Despite the fact that we make it sound like a clean city and will reduce waste, the fact is that we are still destroying untouched earth. A city looks like an abomination: a blip on a beautfiul area that by the grace of God we have left alone this long. Sure, it wouldn't make much pollution, but think of all you would be destroying just to build in that area. And a city there, no matter how clean, would still be a disruption to the ecosystem. I don't think lizards or vultures care much for automobiles, or people for that matter.
And if we leave our current cities as they are they will continue to junk up the planet. We need to start some reactive measures for cleaning up what we already have. And this will give us an advantage because while cleaning up we will know how to reduce pollution in the future and what NOT to do with our cities again. Learning from our mistakes is key. A new city sounds great at first, but I think we should fix what we already have before we go parading in some new area claiming it in the name of science.
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