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Asking for opinions on the current trend to go "green"?
Yes, first of all, I know this is philosophy, and this is NOT a philosophical question, per se. However, I also happen to think that philosophers will look at this with a decidedly non-scientific POV.
Undoubtedly scientists, environmentalists, and others have data that verifies the benefits of green technologies. With trends also leaning to conservation efforts, reduction in foreign oil, bio fuels, recycling, etc...what I am trying to get opinions on is this: Are these efforts really a viable means of reducing the harm we do to our environment, or are they another way for humanity to assuage their guilt? (I am not speaking of guilt in the biblical sense)
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- PsyengineLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
In the long run it is practical economic sensibility. If you suspect it is another bourgeois ploy to get control over public opinion, of manufacturing consent, you're right on that too, but the finite quantity of everything on planet earth is a fact we do not ignore it we are competent.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
It is somewhat about fixing what people have already done in the past, it was a huge mess. We have better and "greener" technology right now, and it helps the enviroment. When our enviroment is changed, everything gets affected, and people have realized this. Some people like to "go green" just because it makes them feel better and it's in style, but I think that's a good thing.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
I think for the most part it's people getting the wake-up call they need and living their lives better, and it's also making up for all the crap we've done thus far. I don't think we'll be able to REVERSE the effects of what we've done, but I think we can stop it from ever getting worse.
