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To: Wyätt Gwyön who wrote (19735)	10/10/2004 12:09:56 PM
From: glenn_a	Respond to of 110194

Fortunately, I have a lifetime subscription to Paxil ... so bring it on I say! LOL! By any chance did you get Puplava's interview with Professor Dennis Meadows, co-author of Limits to Growth - the 30 year update? The interview can be found here: netcastdaily.com I found Professor Meadows emphasis on the "carrying capacity of the planet" to be a very important one, and actually ordered his book after listening to the interview (boy it's a good thing I like to read, my book collection is getting a bit out of hand!) Remniscent of Michael Klare's "Resource Wars", it reminded me that the issue isn't just one of peak oil, or peak commodities for that matter, but it's most profoundly IMO a matter of limits to the environmental sustainability of our shared planet, and the values we bring to bear as a collective humanity in allocating and consuming these increasingly scarce resources. I don't necessarily want to be categorized as a member of the "walking worried" (though it beats the alternative of being "cluelessly in denial"), but I would like to pay attention and assume my share of responsibility towards contribution to a solution. And in this respect it appears there are some profound changes in store for our global community, changes that will have serious ramifications on our economic assumptions and institutions as well. And as North Americans, we will have a particularly challenging time cutting back on our consumptive patterns (one way or another) as other peoples of the world enter the global economy and stake claim to their share of the planet's resources. Our current path is absolutely unsustainable ... I hope our collective creativity is up to the challenge. Regards, Glenn