Why do we mess with nature

[biggs682]

When nature produces such wonderful things like flowers why do we mess with it so much.

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And yes I know we can't feed the world with plants but it makes you think

 

[Levo-Lon]

Mother Nature got it very wrong with us...

 

[Dave the Smeghead]

Because as a species we are wasteful, destructive and absolutely stupid.

Use up and / or destroy all the resources on the planet - exploit every single thing we can in the name of profit and don't worry about our planet as tomorrow never comes.....

It will....one day. And on that day we may (as a species) discover the true value and worth of what we have destroyed.

Sorry - turned into a bit of a rant there. Sorry.

 

[biggs682]

How many of the plants in those photos are hybrids?

Very true and I wouldn't know

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

How many of the plants in those photos are hybrids?

Not many with straight handlebars that I can see

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

@dave r has some of it. It's a live now tomorrow never comes type thing

 

[Sharky]

I like the stem on the first one

 

[blazed]

Because as a species we are wasteful, destructive and absolutely stupid.

Use up and / or destroy all the resources on the planet - exploit every single thing we can in the name of profit and don't worry about our planet as tomorrow never comes.....

It will....one day. And on that day we may (as a species) discover the true value and worth of what we have destroyed.

Sorry - turned into a bit of a rant there. Sorry.

And no doubt you are happy to lap it all up just like the rest if us. I'm sure you eat meat and cattle thus contributing to the huge pollution causing animal farming industry, plus the massive suffering of the animals. I'm sure you own a vehicle, I'm sure your clothes aren't made of leaves or your fruit and veg hand grown and picked yourself?

The only people who have a right to complain about the human race are those who live outside the norm and don't participate in the destruction.

 

[Brandane]

Because as a species we are wasteful, destructive and absolutely stupid.

Use up and / or destroy all the resources on the planet - exploit every single thing we can in the name of profit and don't worry about our planet as tomorrow never comes.....

It will....one day. And on that day we may (as a species) discover the true value and worth of what we have destroyed.

Sorry - turned into a bit of a rant there. Sorry.

Don't worry about the planet; it's only the living conditions for the human race we will destroy. Once we're gone the planet will return to it's old ways within a few thousand years, which is not a lot of time considering it's been here 4.5 billion years. It is US who are fragile; not the planet. Earth will be glad to see the back of us, mere parasites who happened to live here for the blink of an eye in its history.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

@dave r has some of it. It's a live now tomorrow never comes type thing

The plant in photo 2 looks like a delphinium.

 

[Jody]

How many of the plants in those photos are hybrids?

The Dahlia at the bottom and Amaryllis at the top will be a hybrid.

 

[Jody]

The plant in photo 2 looks like a delphinium.

Pretty sure its a Buddleia

 

[gavintc]

When nature produces such wonderful things like flowers why do we mess with it so much.

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And yes I know we can't feed the world with plants but it makes you think

Without use of nature, you could not have posted that pic

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

The bees in pic 3 don't look very aero to me. No wonder they're becoming endangered.

I do have a problem with cut flowers. Growing something purely for its prettiness is fine by me, growing it to kill it and sell it on is another matter.

 

[IDMark2]

Don't worry about the planet; it's only the living conditions for the human race we will destroy. Once we're gone the planet will return to it's old ways within a few thousand years, which is not a lot of time considering it's been here 4.5 billion years. It is US who are fragile; not the planet. Earth will be glad to see the back of us, mere parasites who happened to live here for the blink of an eye in its history.

It'll still find a way of raining on you though.