Response to "Recycling Won't Save Us, but Greed Might."

Human beings depend on there being either a profit or immediate danger to create change. Or at least that's what Jon Meacham is saying in his latest article. For the most part, that's a true statement. Global warming can seem unreal to people living in a place that's not being changed drastically or noticeably by global warming. However to the people living in the Maldives, global warming is not only real, it is the reason they have been forced to essentially put aside a fund for buying a new homeland in case their current one gets submerged. So how does greed help? It simply provides an incentive, and a strong one at that, to people worldwide to invest and support alternative energy, regardless of whether it seems like the danger is immediate or even real.