Humans

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46028862

Good going humanity....good ******* going.

In just 50 years we've managed to wipe out 60% of wildlife on the planet. A level of loss only seen previously in mass extinction events such as asteroid impacts or megavolcano eruptions.

We really need to change but sadly most people just don't give a crap.

Story isn't even top 10 on BBC news whilst knowledge that Adele is the richest UK celeb aged 30 or under is. We need a plague.

 

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We really are a scourge on the planet, trouble is to change this we would have to drastically change our lifestyles and it is simply not going to happen. Eventually things will get so bad, extreme famine will cause war and we will thin ourselves out.

Hopefully it will happen before we wipe out too many more species.
Its something I can even see here. I live now about 200m from where I grew up as a kid. We used to have rabbits and hedgehogs everywhere. Loads of toads and needs when it was wet. We even had deer walking past on a few occasions. Now - nothing. I've seen 1 hedgehog in the past 4 years. Rabbits are all gone. No deer. No amphibians.

This summer a thing that I noticed quite a lot was a huge drop in roadkill. Surely that in itself is indicative of a drop in wildlife populations.

 

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See post above for the reason why. The utterly selfish nature of humanity.

 

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but we shouldn't have to choose between your little lad and 100 lions. and it most certainly is not the natural progression of things. these are man made.....not natural

Precisely!

 

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While the scenario is hypothetical, why is it selfish to SAVE someone?



Good thing I know this is a lulz. If this were DP or CRAZY I'd be asking when you take a running jump

Because to save someone at the expense of someone else will always be selfish. In this case it's sacrificing 100 lives for 1. How is that not selfish?

 

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I am 80pc sure we will ruin our world for ourselves. (I'm guessing most agree)

We (as a species) won't take the situation seriously until its too late.

This thread is making that more than apparent tbh.

 

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Oh I should also add.... Polyester clothes are for cretins/morons.

All my clothes now I buy are 100% cotton, to try and combat the issue of synthetics polluting the environment. Also recently bought some Bjorn Borg underwear which was Hemp, absolutely fantastic, even better than synthetics!!

Been wearing bamboo socks and underwear for some time. Highly recommended

 

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Let alone giving free samples of baby formula to destitute African mothers, just long enough for their natural milk supply to dry up, and then charge their a relative fortune for additional formula.

Didn't realise they were so bad. Needless to say I will no longer be buying theirs or their subsidiary companies products.

 

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That's simply not true, the article you linked doesn't even claim that.



Like this?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-46118103

This thread is classic misinformation and internet hysteria.

You're right. I missed the word wild out of the OP. Problem solved as I've edited it back in.

 

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So, what are we all individually doing about it then?

I've removed red meat from my diet. Increased my rates of recycling. I cycle to work rather than drive. I've cut down massively on the purchase of new goods and in particular avoid those that have been imported preferring to focus on UK manufactured items where possible.
Far from perfect but it's a start.

 

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The thing is, the small sacrifices you make are basically completely undone by that 1 guy in America who's driving around in a 7 litre SUV for the sheer hell of it, except there isn't 1 guy it's basically the entire country.

Completely true. But we can only do what we can do and hopefully each of us that sets an example leads someone else to follow.