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NoOneMan

(4,795 posts)
6. That definitely would free up some amount of energy
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 04:05 PM
Nov 2012

But I'm pretty sure that Mother Civilization will not fret too much finding another way to utilize surplus available energy

Frankly I find the entire conversation about how to more "greenly" produce a raw ingredient necessary for industrial production somewhat unnerving and oblivious to the root cause of our little problem. In fact, it is a manifestation of the psyche driving infinite growth: no matter what happens, the show must go on; growth will continue.

We sit here accelerating to some destination without a roadmap. There is no "enough". There is only "more" and "faster". Our only solution to our predicament is to produce more stuff to band-aid the last problem caused by building too much stuff.

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