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The Earth
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 8:59 am
by Grizalltheway
It's full.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/08/opini ... edman.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
“How many people,” Gilding asks, “lie on their death bed and say, ‘I wish I had worked harder or built more shareholder value,’ and how many say, ‘I wish I had gone to more ballgames, read more books to my kids, taken more walks?’ To do that, you need a growth model based on giving people more time to enjoy life, but with less stuff.”
Where is that Cleetsy when you need him? This is right up his alley.
Re: The Earth
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:11 am
by YoUDeeMan
Linky no worky.
Sorry, I was typing while watching your sig.
Edit: crap...can't figure out the spacing.
Re: The Earth
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:13 am
by AZGrizFan
“We are heading for a crisis-driven choice,” he says. “We either allow collapse to overtake us or develop a new sustainable economic model. We will choose the latter. We may be slow, but we’re not stupid.”
He may as well be talking about the US deficit/budget problem.

Re: The Earth
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:40 am
by Pwns
The problem with these ecologists is that they overlook economic and demographic factors. Also, new technology becomes available that can make resource use more efficient and can allow you to access resources that you previously couldn't. Predictions of malthusian catastrophes are not new and they have old ones have failed for these reasons. Anyone remember the 1970s when they said we had about 15 years of oil left? Anyone remember Paul Ehrlich saying most of Britain's population would starve in the 70s?
Even if you overlook these factors, the populations of developed countries are all about to drop off a cliff and the environment will be the least of our concerns and no one will remember any of this overpopulation hysteria.
Try these links to get a balanced look
Ehrlich's predictions -
http://fumento.com/environment/bomb.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.c-fam.org/publications/id.135/pub_detail.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/art ... 0801.shtml" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: The Earth
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:45 am
by citdog
SO....WHO get's exterminated??????
We've had our turn.......
Who's NEXT?
I vote midgets.

Re: The Earth
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 10:54 am
by HI54UNI
To all the people that keep predicting this crap - put the gun in your mouth and help solve the problem if you are that worried about it.

Re: The Earth
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 11:02 am
by TheDancinMonarch
Who is this guy? Paul "Population Bomb" Ehrlich's illegitimate son?
Re: The Earth
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 1:57 pm
by Ursus A. Horribilis
citdog wrote:SO....WHO get's exterminated??????
We've had our turn.......
Who's NEXT?
I vote midgets.

FUCK YOU. You take that kind of humor out of life and I'll just volunteer god damn it.
Plus Grizo is a friend of mine.