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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (53529)9/19/2004 7:43:26 PM
From: Taikun  Read Replies (1) of 74559
 
I don't know where to start. You've given me so much to work with. <ggg>

<Food is not a problem anywhere on Earth.>

How about in the Sudan, where people are dying in big numbers and the UN and other nations are airlifting food. Is obesity a problem there? How about animals that are bordering on extinction-their numbers decreasing along with their habitat? Is the extinction of the Platipus some conspiracy? How about the threat to the Bengal tiger? There is no way we have the resources to carry the entire human population AND maintain all the species and the cleanliness of the air and water and eradicate disease and malnutrition.

We have a choice: shorter life spans/lower standards of living or maintaining reserves of raw materials.

Of course, your retort will be "Oh, that's a political problem that can be solved with money"

OK, but human management time and capital are limited. You're telling me all these things we CAN do but guess why we aren't Maurice? It is capital. We're spending billions just to fix one problem and can't fix another. Do you think for a moment that even if Western nations deployed huge capital resources-impoverishing their nations in the process-that we could green the sahara, clean the Black Sea or refreeze the ice caps?

Your statement does not even help us try to move to a solution.

I am curious as to how you think we can replace the Atlantic conveyor belt or the ozone layer, if and when they are gone.

If there are no limits, why is air 'free' and oil $45/bbl?
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