Humanity Or Environment?

Question

Should we save the environment so that there IS a humanity to save, or should we save humanity so we CAN save the environment?

Answer 1

I don't think saving humanity leads to saving the environment quite as smoothly as saving the environment leads to saving humanity. So, I suppose I prefer the former.

Answer 2

Humanity cannot exist without the environment. You can't save humanity, that's something people need to do for themselves. So I'd concentrate on the environment - it's reasonably easily repairable if there is the political will.

Switch to geothermal power and electricity instead of fossil fuels and we end up with a much cleaner system from that small change alone... combine it with dozens of innovative approaches, using new and old technology, and we could easily make things alot more sustainable. After all it's not just global warming we have to worry about - we are polluting the biosystem with massive amounts of chemicals that are having biological effects, we are rapidly over fishing the oceans to the extent of depleting them, we are polluting the air and the soil too and using up more water than is sustainable.

First though solve the power issue - once that is solved it becomes easier to generate enough power to employ solutions to more of these problems; with enough power we can use desalinisation to produce the water we need, for example, without over using rivers and aquifers. Once these two changes are acheived we can switch to a more hydroponically based agricultural system which would prevent water and soil pollution on a large scale and also provide us with far more food at the expense of far less land. It would eliminate the need for pesticides which would make us healthier as well as our environment.

All of this would basicly improve things without relinquishing our technology and industry based society, just changing some of it's practices to more sane and sustainable ones.

Just my thoughts on the whole thing.

Answer 3

God is solely in charge of the environment, but we can sure help. About saving humanity- can you really do that? What you can do is simply be the best you can and help the people around you as much as possible. That's the extent of saving humans can do.

Answer 4

I think this question is somewhat flawed because you seem to imply that by saving one the other will suffer. Plus, environmental awareness is nothing new...everybody knows we should save the environment or else our living conditions will be messed up. But to answer the question, saving the environ. takes human care and action, and therefore humanity must "be saved" and re-prioritize its care structure in order for people to really sacrifice and work for the environment.

Answer 5

If we don't save humanity the environment will be better served.

Answer 6

We can save neither one more than the other, for humanity and the environment are the same thing. Tread lightly on the Earth, and live a life that is more in harmony with this planet that sustains us, and all will be very, very well.

Answer 7

Sounds like the chicken and the egg riddle. Me, I would go with saving the environment. No environment (or bad one), no people, no food, no drink, no animals, no plant life...

Answer 8

Whatever gave you the idea that either needed saving. Save yourself first, if you think that something needs saving.

Please don't save me. I don't need rescuing. And if I were to need your help, I would hope you were respectful enough to at least asking before taking any action.

Answer 9

we can save humanity by evolving electronic intelligence whereby we can download our consciousness onto a computer program thereby eliminating the need for an enviroment.You just need to allow my company to place a chip in your right hand or forehead...

Answer 10

first we should save humanity becuse in a time humans will die out becuse of something(nucler war,comet,supervolcanoe,etc.)but no matter wat life will be reborn agian but it probably wont be humans take the dinosurars 4 instence they complety died out but earth recovered so the envirment could take care of its self