What good is your point without factoring the relevance of scale?
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But individuals won't. And that's the whole point. Thus regulations. Thank you for pointing out the ineffectiveness of your views.
Individuals already have - that was my point!
Obviously scale is relevant, but we're not talking orders of magnitude here. 12.5% is impressive considering the powers that governments have!
I'm sorry that you think so low of your fellow man that you think coercion is the only means of protecting ecosystems... We humans are a better lot than you make us out to be.
12.5 percent isn't enough. Scale matters.