“If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us.”
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We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit.
Outright bans on plastic bags may not be the best solution, but education and incentives to get people to stop using them are necessary.
Conserving energy and thus saving money, reducing consumption of unnecessary products and packaging and shifting to a clean-energy economy would likely hurt the bottom line of polluting industries, but would undoubtedly have positive effects for most of us.
We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options.