http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jul/02/opinion/la-oe-goldberg-mckibben-environment-20130702
Jonah Goldberg, here mentions that although environmentalists claim that the earth is becoming inhospitable, the people that occupy this planet has never been better off than they are now. Although the planet itself is in bad condition with global warning, higher levels of acidity in the seawater, and the pollution, the people that consume the planets resources are striving and prospering. This prosperity is in terms of food and sanitation. He presented the facts of how regardless of the population growth; the number of global poverty has dropped down a substantial amount. In less urbanized areas, they are finally gaining access to clean source of water. According to Jonah Goldberg," the production of a given crop requires 65% less land than it did in 1961." Which offers more food for the world to consume and less starvation, but we have improved dramatically over the years in many departments such as health care and technology.
In many unique ways, the world is becoming better, society wise. However, we many not overlook the fact that the condition of the planet in which we reside in is progressively decaying with our consumption of its resources.
Regardless of the state that the planet is in, the population that encompasses the area is noticing an improvement as there is an increase in urbanization around the globe. Although we harm the planet with out pollution and acidic input into the ocean,as a society, we are helping each other build and grow. Society wise, we are definitely far from being hospitable.
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