People or Penguins by Baxter - Essay Example

The surprising thing with all this talk on pollution is that it all boils down to control. Human beings have been in control of the environment for so long doing what they want with it and pollution is a way the environment is retaliating back for it being misused. If people are to stop the pollution, it will translate to a loss of control which not many would like to give up on. Are human beings willing to make any form of sacrifice of their lifestyle and what they have grown up getting used to reduce pollution as well as save the environment, the animal species as well as human beings from total extinction in the future? This is the million-dollar question being indirectly asked in the article and whose answer lies within each individual.

Taking care of the environment and wishing for its sustainability is an individual decision depending on how much a person loves the environment. People might try to be resistant to giving up control and cut back on some of the luxuries of life to trade them for living longer and in a clean and safe environment. It will mean a chance to contribute to the protection of animal species as well as ensure their sustainability in the future. All that human beings need is a little push towards the right direction, a press of a few buttons and they will be on board with the ideas of how to completely end pollution.

Is it truly possible for human beings to completely surrender their comfortable life such as having the convenience of a car among other things in life to save the environment? What can push people to the extent of them volunteering to end pollution and save the natural habitat which is the flora and fauna?