考研阅读精选：越来越环保，但仍不能拯救地球
『如今，环境恶化如此严重，即使每个人尽其所能为绿色生活做贡献，也是无济于事。』Going Green but Getting Nowhere
越来越环保，但仍不能拯救地球
Sept. 7th 2011 | from The New York Times
YOU reduce, reuse and recycle. You turn down plastic and paper. You avoid out-of-season grapes. You do all the right things.
Good.
Just know that it won’t save the tuna , protect the rain forest or stop global warming. The changes necessary are so large and profound that they are beyond the reach of individual action.
Say you’re willing to make real sacrifices. Sell your car. Forsake your air-conditioner in the summer, turn down the heat in the winter. Try to become no-impact man. You would, in fact, have no impact on the planet. Americans would continue to emit an average of 20 tons of carbon dioxide a year; Europeans, about 10 tons.
What about going bigger? You are the pope with a billion followers, and let’s say all of them take your advice to heart. If all Catholics decreased their emissions to zero overnight, the planet would surely notice, but pollution would still be rising. Of course, a billion people, whether they’re Catholic or adherents of any other religion or creed , will do no such thing. Two weeks of silence in a Buddhist yoga retreat in the Himalayas with your BlackBerry checked at the door? Sure. An entire life voluntarily lived off the grid ? 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