"On a per capita basis, since the dawn of the industrial revolution, we have made decent strides in improving our environmental impact." I'm not so sure. As wealth spreads and more people consume goods beyond subsistence, I would bet that we are impacting our environment more on a per capita basis.
"A true conservationist would make their own paper by hand from an environmentally friendly plant like hemp and then . . ." I don't think sustainability requires a planet full of Ted Kazinskis. It probably does require fewer than 6.5 billion humans though.
We are the most numerous mammal on earth. More than any species of rat or bat. I'm happy to be here, and thrilled to be living in the 99% percentile, but it won't last.
I'm not so sure. As wealth spreads and more people consume goods beyond subsistence, I would bet that we are impacting our environment more on a per capita basis.
"A true conservationist would make their own paper by hand from an environmentally friendly plant like hemp and then . . ."
I don't think sustainability requires a planet full of Ted Kazinskis. It probably does require fewer than 6.5 billion humans though.
We are the most numerous mammal on earth. More than any species of rat or bat. I'm happy to be here, and thrilled to be living in the 99% percentile, but it won't last.