See it this way: Mankind wasn't made to last forever. That's how I see it anyway. And surely, evolution came up with better ideas than to create humans.
This might sound misanthropic, but any kind of species dominating an entire system which once worked on the principle of balance, um, I think you know where I'm getting with this.
It's not so much about the question wether your children, or grand grandchildren, or grand grand grandchildren are going to face the real consequences, it's that one generation *is* going to do that. That's not hyperbole. When you're reading about stuff that the plans to build low fuel cars have been existing FOR MORE THAN 20 or 30 years, and that they could've been very well made for just as long, yet corporations are still churning out their big, fat family vans and monster cars and whatsnot, you're getting a good idea of what makes humanity tick.
I think that's okay, in the end. We're pretty much getting the most out of everything and enjoying ourselves.
