/eg/ environment general

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The solution concerning preserving our planet and its biodiversity is actually pretty simple. The actual problem is that it's a scientific issue that has metastasized into a political one, where everyone can profit from any opinion presented. The public has a keen un-awareness of even basic environmental definitions, such as climate, let alone more complex ones like climate change. There is no willpower and unfortunately, no unbiased opinions. The environmental and ecological sciences aren't an exact science due to the fact the number of interactions between biodiversity is almost infinite and most are unknown to us for now, and therefore impossible to simulate and predict the future with present data. But there are babysteps we can take.

For example, instead of shoving "green energy" down our throats, costing each country billions each year and which isn't even effective, we could instead use that money to fund proper filtration and recycling for the heavy industry, which is severely lacking outside the first world due to a lack of laws and regulations. The effect on preserving biodiversity will be a million times greater that way.

Another example, we can follow the law of sustainable growth, which is a pretty simple and effective concept in ecology. For every square kilometer of virgin land we convert for human use, we grow 2 back.