Economic Prosperity is more important than Environmental Protection

Well that's a nice way to start out by attacking me as being the "lowest form of living matter on this planet to accept this position. " I didn't know that my opinion subject me to being the "lowest form of living matter on this planet. " It would have been in the best interest of my opponent to listen to my side before making quick judgement. Anyways my opponent fails to recognize many things. For one, he fails to recognize that America is the richest nation on earth. He fails to recognize that when I say economic prosperity I'm not simply referring to business people, it could also be he/her and I economic standing, and the nation as a whole. He fails to recognize that some of the poorest nations on earth fails to tap into their environment for economic prosperity. He fails to recognize that economic prosperity is the reason why our workers are some of the most pay individuals in the world. A doctor alone makes $187,200 a year. That's more than what half of the third world individuals can make combine in a single year. Most third world people lives on less than $1.25 as according to the World Bank. (. http://www.worldbank.org...). Now I don't know what you want to be, or what you are, but if you are getting $187,200 a year, you shouldn't take it, because it came with thriving for economic prosperity, which led to some environmental damage. If it wasn't for thriving for economic prosperity as some of our leaders have vision, we'll be living in a pit, instead of a nice suburbia area or urban lifestyle. With no economic prosperity, you wouldn't be able to afford a computer, get a car, get a home, eat out at a restaurant, travel the world, or go out for social fun. Before I start making my points, I will like to point this out. Here in America, we have money to put food on our table, we grow more food than the whole world, our transportation sector is a vital part of our economy, coals power and provide cheap electricity for our homes. I'm sure my opponents or someone he knows has a car, I'm sure he has a laptop or computer to be debating on here, I'm sure he has a phone or some form of communication, I'm sure he has electricity in his home that keep him in peace, and I'm sure the same business people he's attacking are the one that are providing jobs for him, or the one that are providing taxes to the government so he and I can go to school, go to the hospital, or ride the public transportation. We got all these skyscrapers, subways, and fancy things, which makes us the envy of the world, but with it comes some environmental harm, but should we throw all that away in the name of environmental protection? I guess to my opponent environmental harm should hinder our economy, which than means going to bed hunger at night, and regulation on coal, which means no electricity, and no jobs, means living in despair. When you look thousands of miles across the world, many countries in Africa still have the largest forest in the world, and have not tap into hydro power plants ,geothermal power plant, nuclear power plant, and coal power plant, enough though they hold huge potential which could possibly boost their economy and alleviate their 600m people whom do not have electricity in their homes. With some of those power plants comes environmental harm, not just from building it somewhere, but because the money to build it must have come from some business that had to pay taxes, whom must have taken advantage of the environment in some way. And while Africa environment remains safe compare to first world, their people remains poor. Now to defend my point on why I say economic prosperity is more important than Environmental protection is because I rather suffer from few air pollution(i could wear mask) and environmental degradation than live suffering with no food and no car to commute. The good about economic prosperity is, let's use the United States for example, is that once you have the money, you have it. The United States had to take advantage of its environments to get to this point where we are today as the richest nation on earth, with trillions of dollar that no country on earth could match to. We today contribute more to NATO than any of our partners, we give more to the United Nations, give trillions of dollar to Israel and egypt, and have given money to alot of nations that any nations have given. And yes this came with a cause, such as the climate change we are facing today that is shaking up some parts of the nation. But you know what though, because we already have the money, we could reverse this trend. Same thing in Japan today, the nuclear meltdown and the tsunami. These are environmental issues, which came with the cause of economic prosperity, but their among the longest living people on earth and have access to many things the third world cannot get their hands on, such as technology and the valuable educations. Look, Japan once stood behind United States as the highest GDP in the world, today China takes that place, and it is estimated that China is to surpass the United States by the year 2020. Enough though there's alot of air pollution in China, they are on the path to being the Economic Power comes 2020. The good thing about the environment is that it's never too late to restore it. China could starts replanting trees, put better environmental policies in place, and restrict some things, but they'll not lose their economic standing as long as they continue to forge forward. I look forward to my opponent reply. . http://www.blueprint.ng... . http://en.wikipedia.org... . http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com... . http://www.globalissues.org... . http://www.bloomberg.com...