Rebeca Mckin: Basically, the human population is using up the earth's resources much much much faster than they can be naturally replaced. The reason why conservation is so important is because if we continue to live the way we do, we will eventually exhaust all of our resources, even if they are renewable like trees or fish or what have you because like I said above, were using them too quickly for them to replenish, and with the human population growing exponentially it is predicted that we will only use up the resources faster and faster. If you wanted to view the human race from an evolutionary/natural selection standpoint, I think conservation would still matter because it would be humans' way of adapting and surviving. Above, as a con view you stated that extinction is very unlikely, when in fact it is actually the path humans are going down (with our resource use) and to think that conservation doesn't matter because extinction is unlikely so we'll be fine would be! like thinking foreclosure isnt extremely common so I'm not going to make my mortgage payments because I dont think it will happen to me. It kinda seems like an ignorant way to view the environment. And you are right, while death and suffering are unavoidable to some extent, protecting the environment can greatly reduce it. While it can't completely get rid of it, and can help make less of it which is better than doing nothing and letting such a large percent of the world suffer....Show more
Coleman Deliberato: Conservation is nothing but "wise use". Are you suggesting that stupid use is an acceptable alternative?The logical problem with your "cons" is that they ignore the time scale. You get a similar argument from denialists (global warming) when they say not to worry, the Earth's climate has changed throughout geologic history. This is like saying that every species eventually goes extinct. These arguments ignore that both climate change and extinction rates are at! unprecedented highs at the moment....Show more
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