We can ruin the biosphere enough to make ourselves go extinct, but life will go on. Something else will evolve to take advantage of whatever wreck we leave behind!
It really is about self-preservation, and presenting it as "caring for the environment" or "saving the planet" doesn't quite express that. Perhaps we need to make more noise about the fact that we need to do these things to save ourselves.
We can ruin the biosphere enough to make ourselves go extinct, but life will go on. Something else will evolve to take advantage of whatever wreck we leave behind!
It really is about self-preservation, and presenting it as "caring for the environment" or "saving the planet" doesn't quite express that. Perhaps we need to make more noise about the fact that we need to do these things to save ourselves.