Let's cut all the crap and just get to the real issue. I don't have the time or inclination at the moment to write a point-by-point response to your arguments. Let's leave it to say we have different value systems. Your value system seems to be that if something is no benefit to YOU then screw it and let it die/be destroyed. I would say that your value system is no less extreme than the radical environmentalists who would have us hunting and gathering again. The concept that everything on this planet is ours to be exploited is not sustainable over the long run.

There needs to be a balance in how we look at the world we live in. I certainly enjoy the benefits of civilization and technology and the personal safety and opportunities that come from taming the natural world. I also am glad we have found and are finding cures for diseases that nature attacks us with. At the same time I feel a sense of awe that we have this incredible stable ecosysem that can bring forth intelligence out of star dust, and in Carl Sagan's words "the universe can know itself." People who don't treat nature with respect are as bad as those who don't respect the achievements of humanity. Something for you to think about for a long time before you respond.

Enough said on this thread for me for now.