Ecology

"Ecology as a social principle... condemns cities, culture, industry, technology, the intellect and advocates men's return to "nature", to the state of grunting sub-animals digging the soil with their bare hands"
This quote, mentioned by Ayn Rand, refers to the philosophy of environmentalism and its impact on society. Rand chooses to over-examine this concept, saying that in order to truly embrace ecology, we must reject the advances humans have made and conform to our original way of living. I disagree with her interpretation of ecology and environmentalism. I feel that there is a way to combine environmentalist philosophy and modern technological philosophies. Right now, we simply don't have the answer regarding how to combine these two philosophies. Solar energy isn't as efficient as fossil fuel energy... yet... Right now, we are only able to harvest specific wavelengths of the sun's light. If we can learn how to take advantage of more wavelengths of the sun's light, we can make solar energy more efficient, and possibly even replace the popular method of fossil fuels with solar energy. Only when we are able to harvest an eco-friendly source of energy will we be able to conform our society to a different way of living, with accordance to nature.
Until then, we have to find ways to get more Eco-friendly sources of energy. It's not only our responsibility, it's our moral priority. We, as the dominant species have a right to help out the recessive species, and we can't help them out if we become as powerless as them.