In other words, you're belittling real issues.
No, just your simplistic formulation of it.
On the one hand, you stated that you'd be perfectly willing to drain the lake, or do whatever you please on your land.
If it was the last lake on Earth would I drain it? At some point, the environment has value and people won't destroy that because it can make them wealthy. Will we have every last lake on Earth saved? No.