Are we doing enough to control pollution? How do I know that if I am careful about not polluting, will my neighbors be as careful as I am?

Most of us think on some rationale basis that the world is big enough to compensate for problems that occur each day at any time, on any location around the world. Besides, the world has been with us for so many billion of years, why should it stop now? It is a controversial issue because it impacts so many aspects of our lives. Should we change our lifestyle just because science says so?

I am not polluting, or at least I think I am not polluting. But how do I know that my efforts are not simply blown to pieces when someone else behaves as recklessly as they can every be with our world resources. My efforts won't do much, but simply delay the inevitable

I do not know if you've heard the morally loaded question: What if everybody behave like you? What would the world become then, putting the responsibility for some unwanted behavior heavily on your shoulders. The thing is that that will never happen. We will always make choices and do things differently.

If you choose to pollute less, the answer to our morally loaded question What if everybody did like you? would be: We save the planet from total disintegration (or something like that).

The fact that people do not do like everybody else is part of the problem we are facing when we want to make collective changes, like polluting less. Even if I agree we as population of the Earth need to behave coherently and collectively take on the responsibility to reduce pollution, I still believe individual and differing behaviors is not only acceptable but highly desired.

Personally, I do not mind that others make different choices than I do. If you think we should pollute less, then pollute less regardless of what others do.

It will alway be a balance of the individual and system behavior and decisions that determine the total result.

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Make educated decisions!