You just hit the nail on the head about why I'm reluctant to consider myself an environmentalist. The radicals just scream about how we must do SOMETHING. RIGHT.NOW!! without considering the ramifications of their actions. It often feels to me like we're constantly closing the barn door after the horse runs out. Case in point, the total ban on synthetic fertilizers in the Netherlands - clearly we need to regulate our nitrogen output, but to just slam a fist down and completely ban them with no alternatives was shortsighted at best. Generally things go sideways with an all or nothing approach, but sadly this is what the world seems to favor these days.
You just hit the nail on the head about why I'm reluctant to consider myself an environmentalist. The radicals just scream about how we must do SOMETHING. RIGHT.NOW!! without considering the ramifications of their actions. It often feels to me like we're constantly closing the barn door after the horse runs out. Case in point, the total ban on synthetic fertilizers in the Netherlands - clearly we need to regulate our nitrogen output, but to just slam a fist down and completely ban them with no alternatives was shortsighted at best. Generally things go sideways with an all or nothing approach, but sadly this is what the world seems to favor these days.
You just hit the nail on the head about why I'm reluctant to consider myself an environmentalist. The radicals just scream about how we must do SOMETHING. RIGHT.NOW!! without considering the ramifications of their actions. It often feels to me like we're constantly closing the barn door after the horse runs out. Case in point, the total ban on synthetic fertilizers in the Netherlands - clearly we need to regulate our nitrogen output, but to just slam a fist down and completely ban them with no alternatives was shortsighted at best. Generally things go sideways with an all or nothing approach, but sadly this is what the world seems to favor these days.
You just hit the nail on the head about why I'm reluctant to consider myself an environmentalist. The radicals just scream about how we must do SOMETHING. RIGHT.NOW!! without considering the ramifications of their actions. It often feels to me like we're constantly closing the barn door after the horse runs out. Case in point, the total ban on synthetic fertilizers in the Netherlands - clearly we need to regulate our nitrogen output, but to just slam a fist down and completely ban them with no alternatives was shortsighted at best. Generally things go sideways with an all or nothing approach, but sadly this is what the world seems to favor these days.