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In reply to the discussion: Time to go on the record [View all]GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)97. I'm not proposing a switch to low tech living.
I say that if we did switch it would be easier on the planet, but I'm not proposing it. I had a fling with the anarcho-primitivists four or five years ago, and AFAIC their "prescription" is as much bullshit as the one from the H+ crowd.
Recognizing the problems inherent in a 5-planet lifestyle isn't the same as wanting to force everyone back to the land in some Yankee version of the Cultural Revolution. Just as recognizing the problems of overpopulation doesn't imply a desire to enforce one-child policies on everyone. That's just boogeyman shit TPTB use to shut down uncomfortable or inconvenient discussions about overshoot.
I'll leave the Amish lifestyle to the Amish thanks.
"I WON'T live that way." Your lifestyle is non-negotiable?
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I'm guessing you've set out your balloon project somewhere on DU already
muriel_volestrangler
Sep 2012
#12
Sometimes, private efforts really can be as good, and even better than the government's.......nt
AverageJoe90
Sep 2012
#68
I've a couple of questions that keep rattling around in my poor addled head...
a geek named Bob
Sep 2012
#72
Re: "My position is that we would probably be better off in the long run if everyone took a break"..
AverageJoe90
Sep 2012
#73
An opportunity to become sustainable for the first time in our species' history.
GliderGuider
Sep 2012
#64
The system you describe does not exist. If it did you could colonize the galaxy.
joshcryer
Sep 2012
#75
My prediction for an ice-free Arctic year-round? 2040, maybe 2060 if we're lucky.
AverageJoe90
Sep 2012
#25