Environment & Energy

hunter

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6. Nuclear powered or solar powered an iron lung is still an iron lung.

Thu Feb 27, 2014, 04:18 PM

Feb 2014

Nuclear powered, solar powered, fossil fuel powered, an automobile is still an automobile.

There isn't any gadget, or combination of gadgets that will pull us out of this mess.

If we don't want to damage wild fish populations, we can stop fishing.

If we don't want to burn fossil fuels, we can stop extracting fossil fuels.

The root problem is we don't stop.

More people, using more resources, that's what got us into this mess.

I think it's possible we could have fewer people using fewer resources living more comfortable, more leisurely lives.

But everywhere you look there's someone selling more stuff.

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ECONOMIST: Ban Of High-Seas Fishing Saves $2 Per Person On The Planet [View all] xchrom Feb 2014 OP

k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Feb 2014 #1

I wish we'd stop doing things for ethical reasons, not for "economics." hunter Feb 2014 #2

That is also "economics" kristopher Feb 2014 #3

I'm very familiar with medical ethics and economics. hunter Feb 2014 #4

That makes as much sense as I'd expect ... kristopher Feb 2014 #5

Nuclear powered or solar powered an iron lung is still an iron lung. hunter Feb 2014 #6

And yet you nonetheless promote nuclear whenever you have the chance. kristopher Feb 2014 #7

? hunter Feb 2014 #8

"I'm indifferent to nuclear" kristopher Feb 2014 #9

I see no PM yet. hunter Feb 2014 #10

I judge people strictly by the posts they make. kristopher Feb 2014 #11

Skim my journal here on DU. hunter Feb 2014 #12