Why is it the one item that will have the most positive impact to preserving the planet is not at the forefront of change. Zero population growth. Resource consumption is by far the highest contributor to carbon footprint. The energy required to make all these goods we consume blows all other contributors off the scale. So in our wisdom the answer is we must sacrifice and sacrifice must be painful - you know no pain no gain. Why not stop increasing demand and at least stay at a steady state. I'm not saying not to pursue other initiatives like lessening pollution but there is room for argument what the real impact of some of these initiatives are. Spoiler alert one volcano spruing mega ash over shadows all the polluting gasses from the worldwide car population for a long time. As an aside why do we say preserve the planet ? The planet will adapt and survive just fine short of being hit by an asteroid. It is the human race that won't survive which is inevitable anyways.
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