Their requirements and evaluation of the environment often exceed the standards that human society can bear, and often show some unrealistic extremes and excessive enthusiasm. China's recent debate about "reverence for nature" is also a manifestation of extreme environmentalism. Excessive reverence for nature, emphasizing environmental standard or natural standard and neglecting people-oriented are one of the ideological foundations of extreme environmental protection.

The extreme environmental protection organization "Earth Liberation Front" has carried out a series of arson incidents in the United States since its establishment, causing huge economic losses. The Times reported in March 1 1 that this organization has been listed as the number one terrorist organization in China by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Founded in 1992, ELF is a loose non-governmental organization, with no fixed leadership group, and its members take actions spontaneously, which is more like a "virtual" organization.

The goal of the organization is to prevent the destruction and utilization of the natural environment by "all means". In recent years, the organization has created dozens of arson incidents to vent their dissatisfaction with various ecological problems brought about by excessive urbanization expansion.

The "Earth Liberation Front" said in an early declaration: "There are 6 billion people living on the earth, and one third of them are in poverty and hunger. Building a house for the rich is not the top priority, but more importantly: the health of this planet and human beings, as well as those damaged interests. "

Greenpeace is a large multinational organization with a strict system. The lifeblood of its activities is funds. The organization's activities are funded by international donations, mainly small donations from individuals and occasionally large donations from the rich. Its words and deeds stand in the position of extreme environmental protection and will not consider local economic interests.

"1985, during the confrontation between Greenpeace and the French government, the organization broke into the restricted nuclear test area on the island of San Hu in Mururoa many times, resulting in the sinking of a ship named Rainbow Warrior by French government agents.

1995, Greenpeace learned that Shell was approved to sink the abandoned Brentsbar oil storage platform into the North Sea. In the summer of that year, Greenpeace members occupied the oil platform in the sea between Britain and Norway, with the goal of preventing Shell from sinking or moving. The German branch of Greenpeace also proposed to extend the occupation period from several weeks to several months. From May to June of that year, the movement gained considerable momentum in Europe, especially in Germany. The local Shell gas station was even set on fire by demonstrators encouraged by Greenpeace.

1on April 7th, 997, in the northeast Atlantic, members of Greenpeace destroyed the offshore equipment of an oil and gas exploration ship. A Greenpeace member who participated in the operation said: "It is dangerous to destroy exploration equipment, but oil companies have not put climate issues above commercial interests, so we will do it for them."

On March 23, 2000, Greenpeace protesters broke into the waste transfer station in Hong Kong Island West. About 30 of them boarded a container ship carrying waste and staged a sit-in to protest the burning of waste in nearby Kennedy Town. However, the incinerator they protested was closed in 1994, and in 2000, Hong Kong did not use incineration to treat municipal solid waste at all. At that time, the ship Rainbow Warrior, which transported people from Greenpeace to Hong Kong, brought about 10 tons of gutter oil and 3 cubic meters of ordinary garbage, and it was up to Hong Kong taxpayers to pay for the Hong Kong government to deal with it.

On 20 1 1 February11,demonstrators in Greenpeace destroyed the fence of a Spanish nuclear power plant and climbed the cooling tower of the nuclear power plant, forcing the nuclear power plant to stop running urgently. This kind of emergency shutdown for nuclear power plants, as long as you are not careful, disasters will follow. Regardless of the safety of the local people and employees of the power plant, Greenpeace did this specially, holding them hostage, coercing the power plant to shut down, and subsidizing other new energy projects promoted by the government.

On 20th11July14th, demonstrators from Greenpeace broke into an experimental farm in Canberra, Australia. This farm has planted half a hectare of wheat, which can reduce the blood sugar coefficient, improve the intestinal health and improve the nutritional value. Because the wheat is genetically modified experimental wheat, the demonstrators in Greenpeace ignored the principle of "no infringement of property" and climbed over the fence of the farm to destroy it.

At 9 o'clock in the evening of April, 20654381/kloc-0, "Greenpeace" Yunlai and his party sneaked into Hainan Lingshui rice base of Huazhong Agricultural University and stole rice materials, which were captured by the teachers and students of the base. "

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It is not uncommon for science fiction movies to reflect environmentalism. For example, the American blockbuster "Pacific Rim" introduced this year tells the story of monsters retaliating against human beings because of the crazy development of human beings and the deterioration of the earth's environment. Environmentalists oppose industrialization, urbanization and globalization, support original ecology and organic agriculture, and regard the earth as a more important purpose than human beings. They oppose anthropocentrism and agree with geocentricism. Environmentalists often worry about the excessive development of human beings and ignore the impact on the earth's ecology.

However, environmental protection is actually a property right issue. In the case of clear property rights, it is not a "problem" who owns the site. Only when the property right is vague will there be tragedy of the commons and environmental problems. In this way, clarifying property rights is an effective way to solve environmental problems.

Environmentalists accuse people of overexploiting the natural resources on the earth, arguing that such a development model is unsustainable. As mentioned above, the problem of resources is first of all the problem of property rights. With clear property rights, resources will have prices, and the market and prices will reasonably adjust people's development and utilization of resources. The market can almost solve the problems that environmentalists worry about.

The solution given by extreme environmentalists is just harmful to human beings. For example, hostility to industrialization, urbanization and globalization has led to the retrogression of human living standards. For another example, the famous "Greenpeace" has been committed to opposing genetic modification and promoting organic agriculture, but the result is low grain output and high price. Another example is the Earth Hour Campaign initiated by environmentalists, which calls on everyone to save electricity within one hour without electricity. But the scientific fact is that instead of saving energy, the generated electricity is wasted, and the sudden reduction of electricity consumption also threatens the safety of the power grid.

"No business, no killing" is one of the most familiar slogans for environmentalists. Environmentalists push the government to legislate to ban the sale of all kinds of wild animals, thinking that banning the sale can protect wild animals, but this is only wishful thinking. On the contrary, it is difficult to ban poaching by banning the sale of ivory. Instead of protecting elephants, it will accelerate their extinction. With the high price of ivory, people will be more motivated to protect elephants for economic benefits, which is the power of the market after defining property rights. To protect elephants, the key is to clarify property rights and avoid the tragedy of the commons. The grandstanding of environmentalists means doing bad things with good intentions.