"It's the Environment, Stupid!"
An interesting talk from David Suzuki and Sir Nicholas Stern. Both discussing a common knowledge but trying to drive the point home. People are concerned about what environmental action will do for the economy now, instead of what environmental INaction will do for the economy in the long run. The plain answer was to take care of costs now or else suffer major consequences that may be irreversible in the future. People do not want to put forth the money now, whether we are talking about the global scale or making personal changes toward becoming 'eco-friendly'. When people hear the costs of alternate energy sources such as solar power or wind turbines, they stop listening without realizing the long term cost savings and benefits. On the global scale it is much the same, only the countries around the world are replacing the thoughts of individual people. Even Canada is having troubles leading the way to saving the planet and the people on it. I think that taking care of the place we inhabit should be number one priority, and the rest (ie, economy) will follow or adapt.
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