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Ecofundamentalism - A Critique of Extreme Environmentalism (Paperback)
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Ecofundamentalism - A Critique of Extreme Environmentalism (Paperback)
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Everyone has heard of environmentalism, but what is it? Is it
ideology or religion? Like socialism, environmentalism is a
political program, but even more diffuse. Environmentalists hold
diverse opinions, from wanting to take care of nature in human
interest to putting nature above man. The latter is religious
environmentalism, with nature taking the place of the supernatural.
This book is a critique of this type of environmentalism,
appropriately named ecofundamentalism. This may be a minority or
even marginal opinion, but it seems to shape people's thinking to
an unwarranted degree. In the worst of cases, it would bring the
end of civilization as we know it. Without massive monocultures,
supported by pesticides and fertilizer, we could never feed
ourselves. Almost 90 percent of our primary energy comes from
fossil fuels, without which there would be no air travel, cars and
trucks, reliable electricity, and even much of our food supply.
Putting a premium on biodiversity and getting serious about
greenhouse gas emissions would force us to go without these things,
putting us back in the Middle Ages. Fortunately, there is no need
to heed any of these environmentalist prescriptions. Contrary to
the notion that economic growth is unsustainable and our core
problem, it is actually the core solution. Economic growth and
technology has made it possible for food production to outpace
population growth since the industrial revolution. Economic growth
is one reason why population growth worldwide has fallen so that
the "population bomb" may never explode. It has also made us
largely independent of the weather except for growing our crops.
Meanwhile, ecofundamentalism would cause more harm than good.
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