How does nature balance itself? Yes, IMO the problem is the cure if left alone with no human intervention, the thing is most people will not or cannot leave things alone and allow nature to work unattended. They must intervene and start saving things, maybe it makes them feel good to change things I suppose. People always ask, what if it were you or your kid... and thats a hard position to be in. I would default to how things work in nature, as humans we seem to think we know better? Maybe we should take the safety labels off and let the problem solve itself. Cold, inhumane, barbaric, insensitive or would doing so strengthen the species as it does in nature?
Yes, why not? a natural re-alignment. It woulnt go back to the stone age either, mankind as a species would become stronger by evolving. Nature works that way now (the herd concept) and thats exactly the solution. The herd dosent revert back it becomes stronger. Niave and arrogant to think we are above what was here 6 million years before us...perhaps we are too afraid to even consider it so we remain dependent upon a system that is designed to consume itself. We are conditioned to think this way. There is a lot of fear when it comes to the survival of the fittest concept because of the dependency created by this system, it's like dialysis. LOL, sounds like the Matrix.
Also considering nothing else has made a dent, more rules, more laws and more overpopulation with less natural resources. Jim, we have developed each one of those exact survival tools. What would you call, steel, machinery, electricity or weapons. A lot of people would be able to survive on their own, I know I would. Perhaps chaos for awhile and then survival of the fittest.
We no longer play by the rules of the animal kingdom or nature because for some reason we think we know better. Are we better? How... we have chaos, nature has harmony?
Consider just the physical element. How does one become stronger physically? by taking penicillin? no by building an immunity to not require penicillin.
Of course it would work, we have chaos, nature has harmony? and nature doesn't require penicillin.
So I suppose if your kid ran out in the street and got hit by a car you would just stand there and think "Oh well, I guess my genes just weren't up to the challenge and my slow kid paid the price. He/she had a pretty good run up till this point but I have to support the herd. Now I will be off to sterilize myself in order to strengthen the herd by not reproducing anymore and passing on inferior genes to the rest of society."?
At this point, your fitness level is zero and you would be the weakest link (remember that show?) compared to someone on here who has 20 grandchildren.
FYI I hope that would never happen to your child but some of your points are meh at best.
And to answer the original question yes I would give up my cars IF I had the ability to travel around and it not take 3 to 4 hours everyday for me to get to work by the only other alternative mode of transportation in my area (bus) but until then no.
The only way society ever changes is either by kicking and screaming all the way or when it is easy.