The article mentions eco-tourism and whale watching. I wonder if the carbon footprint of someone flying to an island, staying there for a week, and taking boat trips out to whale watch actually results in whales being a net negative on the environment. If we let them die out so that tourism stopped it could be a positive for the planet.
(I'm not suggesting we should actually do this though. Whales are pretty amazing.)
(I'm not suggesting we should actually do this though. Whales are pretty amazing.)