“An article from The Times Online suggests that the environmental “movement” may already be more about compulsory style than science. …. all environmentalists … don’t want the working classes to have any fun, go on foreign holidays or buy cheap clothes. … ‘nutbag ecologists’ are the overindulged rich who have nothing better to do with their lives than talk about hot air and beans.”
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That is one explanation why ecology policies continue to be a major political issue. Another explanation might be that people are concerned about ecological systems being damaged.

Which explanation is better? Is one of the explanations silly?