[micropresident]

Those regulations are going to create as much cost on humans as leaving it to people like yourself who care.

Fixing the problem is up to you.

~"The reason things things never change is that those who stand to lose by change are the ones who hold all the power" -- Machiavelli

[ClumsyPilot]

"Fixing the problem is up to you."

Huh? Great newa! I can pollute and create oilspills and its all someone else's problem!

[Nursie]

> Those regulations are going to create as much cost on humans as leaving it to people like yourself who care.

Humans optimise for short term gain, generally perceived gain over others, and rationalise this over large nebulous things like climate change, environmental health etc. They don't count externalities without being made to. And that's individuals. Companies are downright sociopathic and will happily defecate in their own back yard if they can make a dime out of it.

As a result we can already see what happens when people are left to choose themselves or the environment, they choose their own short term relative gain over the long term prospects of the whole species (before we even look at other species).

> Fixing the problem is up to you.

Yes, in a democracy it is, which is why I vote for political parties which will bring in regulations.