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Environment & Energy

GliderGuider

(21,088 posts) Wed Jan 23, 2013, 07:58 AM Jan 2013

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Murder Most Foul [View all] GliderGuider Jan 2013 OP

So true. joshcryer Jan 2013 #1

I have to admit to a certain ambivalence toward technology GliderGuider Jan 2013 #2

As an anti-capitalist I look at this picture and want to punch it. joshcryer Jan 2013 #3

Sadly, GG... joshcryer Jan 2013 #5

Oh, I'm planning to die whenever it's my time. GliderGuider Jan 2013 #6

You're Canadian, right? joshcryer Jan 2013 #7

Yes. GliderGuider Jan 2013 #8

Its too tough to predict what might happen anywhere NoOneMan Jan 2013 #32

Burning wood for heat, etc is the most destructive form of energy dbackjon Jan 2013 #10

But how will we ever get the songbirds out of the trees to eat GliderGuider Jan 2013 #13

Done properly, it is very sustainable NickB79 Jan 2013 #35

Wood can be sustainable for very small populations dbackjon Jan 2013 #36

Thousands of years of history, momentum, and complexity The2ndWheel Jan 2013 #14

Thank you GG for the Ho'oponopono BanzaiBonnie Jan 2013 #23

You're welcome. GliderGuider Jan 2013 #25

Great post josh tama Jan 2013 #9

Technophilia is becoming a religious movement NoOneMan Jan 2013 #31

It's a salvation theology. GliderGuider Jan 2013 #33

Ok littlemissmartypants Jan 2013 #11

Tradition. GliderGuider Jan 2013 #12

Gaia Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2013 #16

Yes, the answer is in the balance. GliderGuider Jan 2013 #18

Yes, but kneeling is not required ... Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2013 #20

Hmm - not exactly my vision of paradise. GliderGuider Jan 2013 #21

I agree, overly idealistic. Surrender of the ego is required, but not kneeling. Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2013 #26

The pride that keeps us from kneeling is what will do us in. GliderGuider Jan 2013 #27

The pride of making showy gestures like kneeling is equally destructive. Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2013 #28

OK, so let's just agree that we need to dump all our pride. GliderGuider Jan 2013 #29

Hey, we are equally useless! NoOneMan Jan 2013 #30

Adapting to a chaotic, constantly shifting dynamic The2ndWheel Jan 2013 #22

Inherit or Borrow? Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2013 #17

We borrow it not just from our children, but from all life. GliderGuider Jan 2013 #19