“Ecocide”: Joker in the Deck?
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By Robert Bradley Jr.
“Literally millions are saved at any one time around the world by the use of fossil fuels in transportation and electrical generation. Imagine not having the gasoline or diesel to get to the hospital, or sanitary water and conditioned air.”
MasterResource has followed eco-radicalism and Deep Ecology, the religion behind it. Ecocide, a term transferred from the Holocaust term genocide, has been explained and debated at this site.
Eco-radicals see humankind as a plague on Nature. (“I campaign for the extinction of the human race,” stated Les Knight in The Guardian.) They exaggerate, fuss, protest, threaten, and at times end up in jail. The malcontents (e.g. Roger Hallam) are at odds with society and are to be watched carefully and avoided. Eco-terrorism is always a few steps away.
Enter the UK-based Stop Ecocide International (est. 2017), dedicated “to make ecocide an international crime.” The vision statement has (unstated) climate change in mind:
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/06/25/ecocide-joker-in-the-deck/
