Not particularly no. A little jaded maybe, but, you're not really in the wrong here.

Part of the problem is the damage is already done. Another is that it's a matter of priority. Not everyone has the same list, or even has them in order.

All we can do is try to work on it a step at a time, and growing crops underwater is one of those steps. Moving up into space is another. People have good intentions with science... just sometimes we forget that along the way.

[[He pauses, and recalls something.]]

Well... at least we haven't fallen as low as some cultures in space. Would you believe there's an alien race that looks at us as crops? Nothing more than cattle and grain for their harvesting?