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Originally Posted by Vexx
The phraseology is odd here.... we're not "saving the planet", the planet is what it is. What we're trying to do is stabilize the current ecosystem and weather system we're USED TO HAVING so that WE don't poop-in-our-own-sandbox.
We're the only animal smart enough to realize we can ruin the aquarium badly enough to cause a general collapse -- the question is can we get a sufficient amount of the population to reign in individual greed and selfishness and cooperate with the "rest of our tribe" for a win-win scenario? ..... I suspect it'll take a big tipping point catastrophe before the human race "gets it" --- hope we survive that one :P
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Fear of extinction acting as an incentive?
I don't know about the scare tactics, but ask yourself, what would lead up to this in the first place?
IE. human beings were the instigators to begin with...