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grntuscarora

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4. Well, speaking as a resident of one of the many "sacrifice zones", I'm not cheering.

Reply to badtoworse (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 01:19 PM

Mar 2012

“The corporate quest for scarce resources will become more rapacious, more violent. Arable land in Africa will continue to be grabbed to provide food and fuel to wealthier nations. Drought and famine will continue to be used as a pretext to push genetically modified seeds, driving farmers further into debt. We will attempt to transcend peak oil and gas by using increasingly risky technologies to extract the last drops, turning ever larger swaths of our globe into sacrifice zones.”

-Naomi Klein

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"We are drilling all over the place." [View all] MoonRiver Mar 2012 OP

Me Too TheMastersNemesis Mar 2012 #1

Honestly, I would prefer looking hard at nuclear power rather than drilling. MoonRiver Mar 2012 #2

Doubtful. He just knows which side his bread is buttered on. nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #15

That drilling is a very good thing badtoworse Mar 2012 #3

Well, speaking as a resident of one of the many "sacrifice zones", I'm not cheering. grntuscarora Mar 2012 #4

I suggest you check out a documentary called Gasland n/t Marrah_G Mar 2012 #5

I'm familiar with it. badtoworse Mar 2012 #6

The problem is that precautions to address environmental concerns are not being done Marrah_G Mar 2012 #7

The situation is changing and effective regulations are being implemented at the state level badtoworse Mar 2012 #9

You seem to be a shill for fossil fuel energy industry. MoonRiver Mar 2012 #13

I'm a shill for the country getting more competitive badtoworse Mar 2012 #16

If I may. grntuscarora Mar 2012 #17

You are raising a different issue badtoworse Mar 2012 #18

I'm not raising a different issue. grntuscarora Mar 2012 #22

My interest is mainly in the environmental impacts and regulatory areas. badtoworse Mar 2012 #24

Everywhere is a watershed XemaSab Mar 2012 #19

Care needs to be taken everywhere badtoworse Mar 2012 #20

good luck with that one spanone Mar 2012 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author badtoworse Mar 2012 #10

As long as you're drawing a paycheck from it and don't have to live with the results gratuitous Mar 2012 #11

I'm focused on what's going on with natural gas, an important industrial and powerplant fuel badtoworse Mar 2012 #12

It's not that big of deal. We have fresh water to spare. raouldukelives Mar 2012 #14

right, we should love fracking shanti Mar 2012 #23

That Apollo project of alternative energy research Johonny Mar 2012 #21