[lukeschlather]

Anti-environmentalism leads to concrete human and industrial harm. The classic example is having forested buffers between farmland. This is industrially necessary to avoid desertification. The USA learned this the hard way in the 30's. Some countries in Africa have also learned this lesson the hard way, others are still learning it.

This is a similar problem. When you dredge up some sand and a river disappears, you've made a mistake that has human consequences and it probably was not worth whatever you did with the sand.

[anotherbrownguy]

>The classic example is having forested buffers between farmland. This is industrially necessary to avoid desertification.

I see. That must be the reason why Americans are starving and Africans are so fat because of too much they grow on their undesertified fertile farmlands.

[dang]

Could you please stop posting flamebait comments on divisive topics? Those are the opposite of what we're trying for here. Please see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

Let's assume your points are 100% correct. If you make them by ranting, like you've been doing in these threads, you not only break the site rules, but discredit the truth. That's not in anybody's interest.

[PhasmaFelis]

Did you reply to the wrong comment? That doesn't make any sense.