Im from London, we used to have smog in the beginning of the industrial revolution. London was famous for its pea soup fog/smog. Any country that has an industrial revolution has had its pollution problems. I know about the effects of pollution, but they are localised problems in relation to the whole world. And most of the problems with industrial pollution is Carbon Monoxide, Sulfur Dioxide, Cyanide gas and other poisonous gasses. Not gasses that are food for plants. Not to mention the chemicals that are dumped into the seas that are causing large dead areas in the oceans. I know man is like a cancer on the planet, but thats because the money/power hungry corporations are bleeding the earth as much as they are bleeding its people. We generally are victims as much as the earth is, why should we the victims of earths demise pay for its 'saving'(which really means bigger paypackets for our leaders)
while the multinational corporations which fund the same politicians get away scot free to carry on poisoning the planet and us in order to turn a profit bigger than last years profit. We are not the culprits personally, its the corporations with more money than some countries that are the major cause.
We generally are foolish brainwashed people that buy into fashion and fads, hence why so many people have started driving SUV's and jeeps. Is it our fault we are bombarded with propaganda that tells us to buy into this shit just to keep our failing economies afloat due to the demise our our countries own manufacturing and farming we are becoming more and more dependant on supplies from abroad, which only benefits a global economy(Multinational corporations).
Why aint the record breaking profits of these multinational compaines payng to save the world. And why are we being brainwashed into worrying about things like sports, personal wealth, image, etc. Instead of the problems of the world. Its only recently since talk of green taxes that we are now being bombarded with propaganda telling us the end of the world is nigh if we dont pay these taxes.