Earth's environment getting worse, not better, says WWF ahead of Rio+20

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5. The problem is that true sustainability

is simply not achievable from where we are today, let alone the cognitively dissonant oxymoron "sustainable development".

Depending on how you look at it, humanity has been in overshoot since 1975 (a la the "global footprint" bullshit) - or more realistically since 1900 (fossil fuels) or 8,000 BC (agriculture). Achieving true sustainability would require that we drop back to an aggregate level of consumption prior to whichever date you choose.

We obviously won't do that, and TPTB know this. So they keep putting on these environmental dog and pony shows to keep the sheeple asleeple while the circus careens onward. Until...

"With a very unpleasing sneezing and wheezing the calliope crashed to the ground."