Please spare me the constant attack on the productive activities of mankind! Sure, some things were done badly in another time when ignorance ran rife, but not now!! Can you not see ANY improvement? Or do you wish to join the leftist in continually condemning profitable Capitalism???
I hope you aren't suggesting that it is not within the ideological scope to support caring for the environment? Why does environmental concern have to be taken to the outrageous extreme of "hippie" tree hugging? capitalism does not mean destroying our environment. Talk to China about their environmental track record, I don't think they put the environment very high on their agenda.
If you'll read my post a little more carefully you'll see references to the US of the 1930's and comments about third world countries. I don't believe I mentioned Capitalism. You must be reading between the lines with a microscope. Those countries I mentioned (and several more) have been stripped bare. There's nothing left. They're barren. No vegetation to speak of. Why do you find that hard to believe and why would you not believe it's visible from space?
Your extreme defensiveness toward comments which only state the obvious to anyone with two eyes leads me to believe you can't acknowledge that there are real environmental issues out there and I'm not talking about spotted owls.