Guha's personal bias is clouding his perspective and understanding

Guha makes many compelling points about the situation where he lives in terms of poverty and the effect of our American environmental influence and desires for the third world countries. It is a different situation, yes. I feel as though he was so determined to emphasize that their state of life is different over there that he missed the point of the environmental cause. He gave the cause more authority than it assumes. At one point he says that he does not understand why the focus is on biotic integrity as opposed to the needs of humans. I had to laugh at this because to me that was like asking a cow why its not a moose. Environmentalists aim to look beyond human needs. Thats how things got this way. That's why we have this problem. Environmentalists sacrifice human needs for the sake of the ultimate survival of everything that is (globe). Its like he's really not understanding the point by posing that question.
He goes on to say that the two fundamental problems facing the globe are unrelated to the anthropocentric-biocentric distinction. First off, Guha assumes an authority that is unfounded. Just because he disagrees with what our biggest problem is that doesn't falsify the biocentric belief. It is not about only addressing the two biggest problems. And it isnt about only solving short term problems. Again, he is shortsighted. This problem is bigger than I believe he understands. It is a long term thing. We need to see all of the problems and treat them equally. That is what biocentrism stands for...the big picture. Trying to solve only short term problems has never solved the long term problems. And unfortunately, the long term problems are a problem now and will keep getting worse. They must be dealt with. He is simplifying the situation in an attempt to take a shot at deep ecology but this simplification is a battle environmentalists have weighed, analyzed and understand to be foolish and detrimental to earth.
I found it entertaining once more when he says that deep ecology is too radical when he not only earlier acknowledged the "big problems" facing the globe that NEED fixing but also that he fails to admit that it is only too radical for certain parts of certain third world countries. It is obvious that the deep ecology as it is will not work for these exception places, and deep ecology ecologists never claimed that their method was perfect or that it could be applied everywhere as is.
One last thing I would like to say is that i didnt like his cut on Americans for having cars and essentially having access to natural resources. Deep ecology acknowledges America's past and current mistakes and they are trying to make it right. They are putting in a serious and passionate effort to make up for America's mistakes. Guha attacks us for our mistakes but then attacks deep ecology as a form of recognition and apology for those mistakes for its effort to try to help and fix. Suuure