Our Earths Biodiversity Crisis

**Freedom** · 03-23-2019 12:15 AM

**TitoFan** · 03-23-2019 08:30 AM

I'm sure the soundtrack and the sensationalist nature of the video will get some guffaws

, but nothing in there is made up. Uncontrolled deforestation is indeed a problem. Those who live in developed countries may recognize the problem... but across the world there are many countries who think nothing of massive deforestation for the sake of "progress." This is particularly problematic in eco-sensitive areas, such as the Amazon basin. Pollution is even worse, as there is no excuse to have literal islands of plastic pollution floating around in the Pacific. It's pathetic is what it is. That's where organizations like the UN should step in, and stop being a useless entity. Who else but the UN to impose sanctions on countries that insist on continuing to spew millions of tons of plastic debris into the ocean.

Speaking of the ocean, the part about the coral reefs is all too true. As a diver, I've personally seen the change in our reefs here in the Caribbean over the years. It's been gradual, so to some it's difficult to notice. But thinking back far enough and visualizing how it used to be, the difference is quite notable. We are definitely not headed in a good direction, that's for sure.

**Freedom** · 03-29-2019 12:39 AM

**Gandalf** · 03-29-2019 12:58 AM

This is an area I would take issue with Jordan Peterson and say 'There are too many people on this planet right now and we are seeing the terrible consequences of it'. We need more animals and plants and less people. People are almost like a cancer on the planet at this stage. It doesn't mean that people are all bad, after all the cancer itself probably does not see itself as a terrible thing. It is just trying to survive too, but it will devastate the body around it until inevitable death results. People need to adapt and become less malignant to the earth around them. This of course means less children and more self control. Is it really so difficult or terrible to not have several children? I get that it is a personal choice, but it just seems so selfish to me. If you want a healthy environment for your great grandchildren, then surely people must see that the best way is a little restraint and self control. It is the Middle East and Africa that is truly out of control in this regard. Even Muslims in the West have far higher birth rates too. It is extremely selfish. Me, me, me, me, me. My attitude is that once I am done that is my impact done, but for every person who multiplies with every generation, that impact over even a short time becomes extremely toxic.

**Gandalf** · 03-29-2019 01:08 AM

I am not even on an anti-children rant there, more suggesting that a couple of children is kind of ordinary and that one is somewhat ideal and for anyone who wants a good nights sleep just to not bother at all. I know plenty of people with kids and the most is two, but typically one. Smarter people do tend to have less children, but of course that is not always true. I mean, what impact is this family below going to have? And if even the next generation have 2 kids each next, then it just becomes absurd. If they had only had 2 kids then those 2 had 2 kids it is somewhat sustainable. In many parts of the world the birth rates are absurd and it all comes at a cost.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/770575...baby-last-one/

**p4pking** · 03-29-2019 01:28 AM

I was wondering what to do with all my free time now that im bored with dumping plastic bags and shit into the ocean. Mowing down dandelions sounds like a great substitute. Bees arent kosher anyways, to hell with em.

**Fenster** · 03-29-2019 02:14 AM

Originally Posted by Gandalf

I am not even on an anti-children rant there, more suggesting that a couple of children is kind of ordinary and that one is somewhat ideal and for anyone who wants a good nights sleep just to not bother at all. I know plenty of people with kids and the most is two, but typically one. Smarter people do tend to have less children, but of course that is not always true. I mean, what impact is this family below going to have? And if even the next generation have 2 kids each next, then it just becomes absurd. If they had only had 2 kids then those 2 had 2 kids it is somewhat sustainable. In many parts of the world the birth rates are absurd and it all comes at a cost.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/770575...baby-last-one/

6000 kids die everyday from a lack of clean water and millions and millions are abandoned/homeless all over the world.