Garrett Hardin's Quote - Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This

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Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This

Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming. – Garrett Hardin

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Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources of the earth, favors pollution. – Garrett Hardin

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A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obligation to make sacrifices for the future. – Garrett Hardin

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Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons. – Garrett Hardin

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All we can hope for is that the thing is going to slowly and imperceptibly shift. All I can say is that 50 years ago there were no such thing as environmental policies. – David Attenborough

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Why has it seemed that the only way to protect the environment is with heavy-handed government regulation? – Gale Norton

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I dont think were going to save anything if we go around talking about saving plants and animals only weve got to translate that into whats in it for us. – Jim Fowler

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