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In reply to the discussion: Mankind must go green or die, says Prince Charles [View all]a geek named Bob
(2,715 posts)103. okay... sure
How is that? There is almost an extreme amount of egalitarianism in hunter-gather cultures and pure communialism (as everyone shares food). Are there exceptions? Sure. And yes, far less sickness and nutritional problems, which generally started at the advent of agriculture and monocropping.
You still didn't answer those bits about rabies and tetnus and infant/mother mortality. Then there's always Scurvy and its friends.
You should fix whatever is wrong inside of you before you attempt to fix the world.
Other than PTSD and a few busted parts, not much wrong with me. But then, I'M not the one pushing for living like a savage. Also, you might want to give the pop-psych schtick a rest...
I'm using found materials for the windmills, and grabbing bits of PV panels already created for the solar farm (with some luck and hard work, I might be able to cobble together a solar furnace thermopile...) sort of the scavenger-tech version of power creation.
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Oh goody. Then we can get back to mining more resource we need for building more shit we dont
NoOneMan
Nov 2012
#76
Oh look! A snide comment that shows little understanding of a workable plan!
a geek named Bob
Nov 2012
#77
What you are doing is promising people we can keep making iPhones while we fix it
NoOneMan
Nov 2012
#79
So what's stopping someone else from taking my idea and running with it?
a geek named Bob
Nov 2012
#109
iPhones are a representation of a non-efficient consumption of rare earth resources and energy
NoOneMan
Nov 2012
#82
"Low tech communes suck."/"Limits to Growth cult"/"melodramatic black/white set of fallacies"
NoOneMan
Nov 2012
#88
I'll admit that I'm angry at the idea that there are still luddites in the world...
a geek named Bob
Nov 2012
#118
I'm glad to see this. He's always been kind of a nerd. I greatly appreciate ANYONE
calimary
Nov 2012
#4
I agree with you 100%. We can whine and snivel about what people don't say or do,
WheelWalker
Nov 2012
#11
Would you have environmental activists live in a cave and speak to the cave wall?
daleo
Nov 2012
#115
he's right but wondering if his Majesty has donated any parkland, money for open space, wildlife
wordpix
Nov 2012
#7
I hope that's okay. I see you found a link about the food, I knew it but didn't find it.
freshwest
Nov 2012
#29
Coming hard on the heels of the PWC and World Bank papers on climate, this is fairly enormous news.
GliderGuider
Nov 2012
#9
We also have to overcome the actual capitalist system based on perpetual growth
Amonester
Nov 2012
#13
"For sale: One golden parachute. Still in original package. Never opened, slightly stained." nt
GliderGuider
Nov 2012
#50
He's telling the truth. That's the highest standard I can hold a person to. nt
GliderGuider
Nov 2012
#47
This event was in London, so I'd say we can leap to the assumption that he did not
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2012
#52
Sure, it's possible we'll do an about face and become carbon neutral within 10 years ...
Kennah
Nov 2012
#131
I agree. He could have just been another useless, spoiled monarch, but instead he is using his
smirkymonkey
Nov 2012
#62
WWF: UN assessment confirms world is standing on the brink of climate catastrophe
ProfessionalLeftist
Nov 2012
#68
Ok then. As part of the privileged class, go after the oil industry and shut it down.
gtar100
Nov 2012
#72
I second this. You sound cool enough so far. So what exactly makes you a "freeper?"
Systematic Chaos
Nov 2012
#98
If he won't shed the trappings of royalty, he can at least show that he's serious by
ancianita
Nov 2012
#126