Actually there are lots of energy alternatives which are
environmentally friendly, I wonder why we keep relying on fuels
that would cause detriment to the environment.
In Jared Diamond's book Collapse, he talks about mining companies
extracting metals in Montana and in the process produced alot of
toxic byproducts. The company does not have a legal liability to
clean up the toxic waste, as a result the toxic waste seep into the
soil causing future environmental problems. A company's sole
interest is only to make money, not to be accountable to the
general public. Therefore laws have to be made to make companies
like these accountable for their actions, so that all the companies
are required to clean up, instead of only those socially
responsible companies cleaning up and in the process reducing their
profit margin threatening their own survival.
Carbon emissions do not affect us directly, so we as consumers do
not have an active interest to monitor those transgressors.
Government has the power and authority, that is if they can see the
dire need to control greenhouse gases now.
But from a country to country perspective, control of burning
fossil fuels will not go down too well with countries like China
and India, when they are just at the initial phase of economic
development. Putting a cap on their energy needs will sap alot of
their productive capacity.
The only way is to advance developments into other forms of clean
energy alternatives, through these technological developments,
reduce the price of energy generation to that of fossil fuels. So
that countries like India and China can convert to these cheaper
alternative energy sources.
Greed will destroy humanity.
Our impending destruction is a result of our past successes.
