No doubt that in eastern europe (and other socialist or former socialist states) environment was ripped almost to exhaustion. The problem is that even if we're much more aware of current ecological dangers, we still seem not to be able to preserve environment as we should. Our capitalist economics lead us to behaive much or less in an equally (if less evident) spoiling manner. Look at what we're doing to regions and countries wich provide us with raw materials (or precious ones: coltan, diamonds, gold...).
It's sure that western and developed countries tend to be more careful with
their environment, it's a completely different pair of shoes when talking about
our politics when we have to grab some more oil, wood, or food from
other less developed areas.
This kind of attitude isn't confined to environmental issues alone, of course, but extend to other areas as well (social security, direct interference with other countries politics etc., etc.).
The problem is simple, imho: how long will Mother Earth allow us to behaive like this?
Other dominant families of organisms (dynosaurs, as istance) have been wiped from the face of Earth, probably for climatic changes wich they were slow to adapt to.
Imho, the issue is if we are so confident to have a try of a similar ordeal, or if we prefer not to push our environment beyond the limit...
Edited by rohirwine, 07 January 2008 - 06:41 PM.
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