----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 9:26 AM Subject: Re: 'Collapse': How the World Ends L3
> > I'll admit I have not read this particular Collapse book yet, although > I've read plenty in the last 30+ years. But, if the review is at all > accurate concerning the claims in the book, then it is based on a selective > gleaming of facts. > I agree that the state of things in the US is nowhere near as gloomy as some might lead a person to believe (At least in regards to the matters discussed in this thread<G>), but the worldwide picture might be quite different. Even if the tending of the eco-techture is ruinous in some parts of the world, there might be less of a collapse and more of a serious drag on world economies and infrastructures that causes a mild to devastating reversal of growth trends and may perhaps kill democratic movements in their tracks. (Even in the US). I doubt we will see the dreaded WCS, but even the next to WCS' might mean that many of our ideals could take a drubbing. xponent Worst Case Scenario Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
