So, how do some "Ecologists" see the human race? - Granite Grok

So, how do some “Ecologists” see the human race?

I have several different sets of “bookmarks” in my FireFox setup – one has some environmental sites that I go to.  Yes folks, there are conservative leaning (what I would consider, given that I hold two scientific degrees, “leaning on science” sites).  Others?  I would have to say that one of them is more of the “true believe” (what I would consider, given that I hold two scientific degrees, “leaning on faith” sites): TreeHugger (ya think!).  It can be VERY instructive at times – the post:

Experts Warn Urban Expansion Puts Humanity at Risk

With 7 billion people on the planet, things have already begun to feel a bit hot and crowded, particularly in swelling urban centers — but researchers warn that we’ve ain’t seen nothing yet. Over the next 38 years, Earth’s population is predicted to balloon to 9 billion, with most of those new additions taking up residence in our increasingly crowded cities. But not only does such an outlook of expanding sprawl spell trouble in terms of city planning, say experts, its environmental toll could put humanity itself at risk.

Ah yes, people after Paul Erlich’s own heart (not to mention John Holdren – the science advisor to President Obama): Malthusians (e.g.,  we denizens of earth have been overcrowding the Earth for hundreds of years now.  Now, it isn’t that these folks are just for having the right number of folks living on earth, some of them want NO folks living on earth – look at this comment that one of them left for us all:

I have a better idea……… STOP FREAKING BREEDING!!!  Humans are a cancerous infection on the face of this planet the way they breed.

“Environmentalism” used to mean “clean it up to make it more livable for human habitation”; guys like this want to “clean it up to have no human habitation”.   Like many movements in history, this is environmentalism gone crazy.  After all, we ARE part of nature – it’s not like some UFO just dumped us off and said “hey, have fun and kill the planet!”.

Sadly, I think, there is a large swath of folks that believe that the Earth and everything on it come first in their minds – before humans.  I call them the anti-humans. We are to be corralled as if we were the livestock – they simply want the entire scheme of things turned upside down.  Sadly, they have passed the stage of trying to convince the rest of us that they are correct – and now are to the point of forcing us to live as they believe.  For example, why else would they choose to make what used to be one of the most fertile crop growing areas in in California go fallow (and to desert in some cases) and put 10’s of thousands of humans out of work for a simple 3″ bait fish (the snail darter).  Why else have they grabbed the levers of power within the EPA and Interior Departments to make less and less energy available to Americans going forward at higher and higher costs?

Yes, how does it feel to be cancerous – isn’t THAT nice to see what your fellow human beings think of you – simply because you exist.

 

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