No More Salmon
On the West Coast there is a moratorium on fishing for salmon because the species has been devastated by overfishing.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/02/BABT10F7PE.DTL&tsp=1
While I feel badly for the fishermen and their families, this is just a taste of the lifestyle changes that will be coming. Due to our neglect of environmental standards and our free-market-fuck-for-all-philosophy, there’s a very good chance that we will be without marine life in our lifetime.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6108414.stm
That’s right. We have gone that far.
Without taking extreme measures that have will have to ignore economic impacts, we will soon face massive shortages of food, water, and fuels at a global level.
Some people will say that we can’t change our way of life, that it will be too costly for businesses or for the consumer. I say who cares? There will not be a planet to do business on if we continue on this path. If we’re not willing to forfeit economic growth to save our home, then we don’t deserve to live on it, anyway.
I just want to point out that this Ethanol oil for cars is a big mistake in our world also. Though it is supposed to cut down on costs, energy and less fossil fuel consumption it actually costs us more than ever. The fuel needed to convert the Ethanol into a usable fuel is a waste. The crops that have been converted from wheat and other resources to corn for THIS purpose have caused food price increases and shortages around the world!
It is a huge mistake and we are seeing the aftermath already.
I agree that ethanol causes more problems than it solves, but the bottom line is that we need to stop consuming so much in the first place.