There's money to be made by driving a species extinct.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The tragedy is that there is so much more incentive - money - to destroy the ecology than there is to preserve it.
If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us.
Aquatic invasive species are destroying the environment, damaging fisheries, and costing American taxpayers billions of dollars annually.
Think about it: You're trying to raise cash to save an endangered animal. You've got orphaned pandas getting 3 trillion YouTube hits, and you've got seals being clubbed over the head by roughnecks. The money flows in. But what about the poor shark?
Unless we practice conservation, those who come after us will have to pay the price of misery, degradation, and failure for the progress and prosperity of our day.
There is no good scientific reason to bring back an extinct species. Why would one bring them back? To put them in a theme park?
We need to take command of the solar system to gain that wealth, and to escape the sea of paper our government is becoming, and for some decent chance of stopping a Dinosaur Killer asteroid.
We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.
A lot of money could be saved if we ate urban wildlife.