Environmentalists POV of the economy?

Question

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How environmentalists view the economy?

Gas, cars, etc?

Thanks

Answer 1

They hate people with a lot of money and they hate corporations and conservatives.

Answer 2

Environmentalist (not environmental militants) are scientists too.

A large share of environmentalists are economists too and look at the cost/benefit of various options over various period of time for the society.

Environmentalists are often involved at an early phase (R&D) of products in order to ensure their compliances with existing and future regulations.

Answer 3

Most do not view it as one vs. the other.

Capitalists who think about it realize the HUGE opportunity to be made by creating new, less destructive, products.  Certainly they view running out of oil to be a very expensive thing if nobody prepares for it.

Ultimately, I think environmentalism is all about looking forward:  If we destroy species, we do not have the power to bring them back.  Business opportunities usually do reoccur, at least at the macro-level.  Species DO NOT.

Humanity, by-and-large, lives to fill the fish bowl.  If you provide more resources, you get more humans.  They will (ungoverned) ALWAYS take up as many resources are available - and so there will always be rich and poor.  Any economic argument that tries to protect the poor ultimately becomes a resource conflict - and the environment is the mother-of-all resources.

At some point, you have to say "we're not going to create more humans because we can't support them."  We're not at that point yet.  Most people would say that ability to reproduce is a God given right.

Until people change their attitude, we sit at the brink of losing it all.