Back to the beginning of the article where we speak of environmental alarmists, –the “doomsdayers” Indeed we have made great “progress”. But we must look at how we define progress. We are, it can be argued, causing less damage than we were in the 70′s. That is not to say however that we are causing no damage, or less damage is acceptable. If, everyday when you came home from work you found that your dog,( yes your dog ) had defecated all over the living room carpet. You would likely say “bad dog” indeed. Then after years of correcting and training, you came home only to find that said dog was only crapping on a few areas of the rug… could you really muster the enthusiasm to say “good dog” Still a bad dog, just less bad.
And what if we didn’t have the doomsdayers proclaiming the end of the world if we don’t correct our behavior?
Consider where we might be, what kind of world we might be living in if we didn’t have these folks screaming about the future?