I see no-one spotted my non-deliberate mistake. We shall only need the
equivalent of ten new US economies, not 30 as I said, to provide proper
living standards for another 3bn people.
Mark
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Jones
> Sent: 15 August 2000 15:15
> To: crl
> Subject: [CrashList] FW: Silviu Brucan: The Hard-Earned Integration of
> the East in the World Economic System
>
>
> Nestor Miguel dijo:
> >
> > there is no way that a socialist
> > society exists but with a strong industrial backbone. Among other
> > reasons, because of the social and psychological consequences of an
> > industrial economy, which have to do with the definition of self that
> > each individual member of the formation can generate.
>
> You seem to assume we have a choice. I don't think we do. At the
> moment each
> American sits literally and metaphorically atop a pile of 50 + tonnes of
> steel and 400+ tonnes of concrete embedded in the built environment,
> railways, roads, etc. In the next 40 years there may be 3bn more
> humans. To
> give them even today's built environment will require a lot of resources:
> 150 bn tonnes of steel for starters. That is 30 complete new USA's. Do you
> think we can do that, under ANY colour of flag? What will happen to the
> climate if we even try? Where will the primary energy come from? The
> agricultural land? The water? And this is just the new kids on the block:
> I'm not even talking about 4bn people who already exist and do not enjoy
> US/Euro standards.
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