"Save the Whales, Screw the Shrimp," by Joy Williams talks about how humans are destroying the environment all over the world. The title explains our hypocritical take on the environment how we want a better place to live and promote recycling and things but we are consumers first and will go to any length to get want we desire. She gives many examples illustrating how we are slowly killing off our own wildlife and habitats for mundane things like malls and highways. They are being built all over the land which used to be full of wildlife and now they are being destroyed. She also talks about how animals are being born with birth defects due to the heavy use of pesticides.

This article makes me feel bad because I know that as a human each day goes by and I can not help the problem by doing little things. There will always be things that I need or want and I will be hurting the environment no matter what I do. Its pretty much a lose lose situation. Even being on this computer I am using energy and that energy is polluting the world. This article is a lot like the hybrid car. Even though we care about the environment enough to make a car that does not use as much gas we still have to put energy into that car which pollutes. Its a double standard in this country and the rest of the world and it has to stop or be slowed very soon.