April 16, 2008
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/back_to_the_caves_again/
At least Guy R. McPherson, professor of conservation biology at the
University of Arizona, doesn't see the cannibals that Ted Turner warned
of:
At this point, I cannot imagine any steps that could allow us to avoid a
meltdown of the economy or a relatively rapid transition into the
post-industrial Stone Age. We depend on abundant, inexpensive oil for
delivery of food, water, shelter, and health care. The days of abundant,
inexpensive oil are behind us. American Empire will soon run its course.
I am hopeful we can save a few tens of millions of Americans. But we
will need to make massive changes in our entire way of life, starting
immediately. We must abandon the project of globalization and its
attendant indulgences, for example, and focus on saving lives.
What is it with this rash of apocalypse-mongers?
Why the hunger for their message again?
Why the despair that human ingenuity, which has got us so far, will
suddenly fail so catastrophically?
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Warmest Regards
Bonzo
"Let me say it plainly: The environmental movement has been taken over
by anti-capitalist radicals who are using it to wage war against
capitalism and campaign for liberal Democrats. Protecting the
environment is now number three, or lower, on their list of priorities."
Joe Bast, President, Heartland Institute, One-time Ardent
Environmentalist, Has seen it from both sides.
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