It only seemed that we could trust the specialists. We must recognize that in our collective propensity to trust experts and delegate such a grave responsibility as the health of our environment lay the seeds of our destruction. There are remedies, of course. We're not completely at the mercy of the group-like individual army ants who must sacrifice themselves to the rest of the horde when bridging a chasm by piling on each other's carcasses. There are checks and balances.
Experts watch other experts.
Newspapers watch them and report to us. At some point in the system, we can remove the incompetent, the misguided, and the downright evil. We can no longer delegate anyone to the care of this planet. We must educate ourselves about what keeps the system of life alive on this planet and act in accordance with it. Green Solitaire, Environmentalism on the Internet made easy.