So here's a productive question. How do we create a solution?
-One, start trying to protect what's left by not killing it because it isn't making someone money. This means recognizing the whole concept of population bottlenecks, also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_bottleneck So keeping on nearly annihilating species before we save them is damaging their long-term genetic strength.
So let's please do the best we can to stop, especially those of us in first-world countries-we have no freaking excuse.
-Two, empower women, so that they can have jobs and educations...and not require to be maintained financially by a male. Also, reduce infant mortality. Then women won't have so many kids. There's always going to be a few female loons who think their cooter's a clown car, but most are a bit more sensible than that.
-Three, start work immediately on building a more carbon-neutral infrastructure.
-Four, universal, global education, so that people start understanding the big issues...at least global literacy.
-Sustainable-production methods of agriculture needs to replace slash-and-burn agriculture in the poor areas of the world.
-(and here's where I piss everybody off) Meat production triples the amount of land needed to support someone who eats it as their main protein source. Maybe if it was only an occasional treat in the diet instead of a staple of those who don't really need it, we'd have much more space for wildlife. (Hint: if you get obese eating the typical western diet, you might not need to eat it.)
We're still going to lose a lot of species.
This does not constitute an excuse to keep on with our spoiled B.S.
