Do you believe mankind has an obligation to protect the environment?

Question

and that its in our own self preservation self interest to do so? Do you believe that we need to do a better job of this and that we are too busy worrying about the short term of the here and now, and not enough about what the planet might be like in 50 or 100 years? By the way, which political party do you prefer...republican party or democrat?

Answer 1

I don't believe we have an obligation, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't. The Earth has been here for over 4 billion years. Anything we do to it is only a blink in the overall timescale. Whatever damage we do will be corrected or adapted to by surviving lifeforms. The question is, "Do we have an obligation to protect our decendents from a worsening environment?"

Independent. Fiscal conservative and social liberal, with a hint of environment responsibility.

Answer 2

I know you won't like this answer, but here goes anyway.
The earth will clean itself up. The simple fact is, the earth cannot be polluted. Every so called pollutant comes from the environment. All mankind does is stir up sediment.
Life evolves on this planet is sedimentary levels. If you were to travel back in time a 100 million years or so, you would likely drop dead within a few minutes just from breathing the air.
Every species of life that evolves on earth starts changing the environment the moment it appears. That species will last only as long as it takes for it to use up the environment in which it evolved. Once the environment is changed, a new creature will come along suited to the new conditions.
There is nothing mankind can do to preserve the environment in which it evolved. The notion that it can is nothing less than arrogant.
We evolved in an environment that is contradictory to chemistry, an atmosphere with a free radical: oxygen. No where in the universe does oxygen exist on its own. Only here on earth where billions of years of plant life released oxygen from its natural bond with carbon.
The first non plant creatures that evolved on earth didn't breath oxygen because there was very little of it in the atmosphere. The first creatures on earth used nitrogen as a cleaning agent, not oxygen. Today there are none of those nitrogen breathing animals left. The atmosphere became too polluted with oxygen for them to survive.

Answer 3

Well obviously we have an obligation!
We take so much from the environment. For example wood, oil, food ect. The list goes on. We've killed so many animals. And had some go extinct. We owe so much to te environment. So much that we won't EVER be able to repay it.
And your actually asking that question? Of course we have an obligation to protect the environment. And its not even for the animals or trees. Its about the long term survival of the human species. Many animals got extinct due to habitat change. (deforestation). Global Warming is doing the same thing.
Political Parties are so ridiculous. There should be a party that stands for goodness.

Answer 4

It relies upon what you recommend by potential of 'look after the ecosystem'. while you're speaking approximately international warming and the entire 'carbon footprint' factor then no, not one guy or woman or maybe the completed inhabitants of the international ought to help by using fact it would not exist. in case you recommend much less pollution alongside with air pollution in equipped up factors and cities, looking option fuels and skill components and protecting organic international, then confident. One guy or woman can start up off a series and greater and greater human beings will save on with. it may be perplexing whether this is achieveable. i think of maximum folk instinctively will opt to maintain skill and freshen up pollution to maintain money and help look after their well-being. vehicles have become greater and greater gas effective as technologies progresses and the everyday public will choose their important vehicle to get an excellent style of mpg. i think of option fuels could start up being presented however as we can sooner or later run out of gas and the fees on the pump will save going up and up. What we choose is a central authority it quite is honest approximately environmental matters. If skill intake is decreased then theoretically skill expenses could be decreased too. If we are starting to be taxed greater by potential of the government for conserving skill, then you comprehend for beneficial that they are utilising the entire 'climate exchange' subject as an excuse to extend and introduce greater taxes. by potential of increasing taxes, the government won't inevitably deter human beings from using enormous vehicles and leaving their abode lights furniture on all night, they'll in basic terms make it greater good for the folk to administration, and the tip effect would be a decelerate in technologies and production. a suited occasion is this entire new 'low emission zone' in London. this is surely ridiculous and it will worsen over the years. quickly we wont additionally be allowed to force in London in any respect!

Answer 5

We have an obligation to be good stewards of the planet. The problems arise in what each person believes that is. Republican.

Answer 6

Ask the people in Lousiana, Alabama,Florida and Mississippi. Ask the people in California affected by the fires. They would answer you. Why shall we be corcerned with the world's future? Most of us would be dead in 50 or 100 years from now, (obvious sarcasm). I don't trust anything that has the word Political Party included in their denomination.

Answer 7

Absolutely it is our moral and social obligation to protect our planet.We have to leave the Earth if not in a better condition than we found it than at least it should not be worse.Every body should recycle,use less energy etc.Tis is a big mess we are in,glaciers melting,ozone layer is depleted,air,soil and oceans are polluted.Is this how you want to leave the planet to your children?
I am not an American so I cant vote.

Answer 8

Neither party really cares because they are paid not to do anything by there special interests. I feel we should at least have fresh air and clean water. This can be done but there is no money in that. Peace

Answer 9

As the only sentient species on this planet... it's our job not to mess it up... if we can just do that the planet will take care of itself.... the problem is.. we are trying pretty darn hard to mess it up. I do believe we need to do a better job... but you have to split your focus... you have to live in the here and now so you have to keep some focus on it... but you also can't lose sight of the long term goals and effects.

Dem

Answer 10

Certainly mankind does, plant a tree, pick up some trash, and stop making 800 trips a day to Mc Donalds, you will help the environment and lose some weight. Independent Conservative.