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Environment & Energy

chervilant

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2. Difficult choices are not our species' forte.

Reply to GliderGuider (Original post)

Thu Oct 30, 2014, 07:18 AM

Oct 2014

We're trained from birth to be voracious and rapacious consumers. (My personal narcissism manifests as profound relief that I'm in my twilight years, but I grieve for our younglings.)

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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