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Environment & Energy

Turbineguy

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1. The largest consumers are in the US.

Reply to GliderGuider (Original post)

Thu Oct 30, 2014, 07:18 AM

Oct 2014

The republican party has a plan to whittle that down. We won't consume less as individuals, there will be just less of us. With wars, an unsafe food supply, the NRA, no more healthcare, an epidemic or two, and a little help from Al Qeada and IS, they are in with a chance.

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A rebuttal to " Human population reduction is not a quick fix for environmental problems" [View all] GliderGuider Oct 2014 OP

The largest consumers are in the US. Turbineguy Oct 2014 #1

Difficult choices are not our species' forte. chervilant Oct 2014 #2

Neither is a "fix" much less a quick one... TreasonousBastard Oct 2014 #3

It's a dynamic-equilibrium process. GliderGuider Oct 2014 #4

Slowing growth is still the other most important factor. Gregorian Oct 2014 #5