Yes, the resources are finite, and the only way we can survive
to the point where our population level out without any
war or other means of mass death,
if we use what we have sustainably, which needs global
cooperative employment of the best science we can muster.
It cannot be done with the present profit-centered system.
It can only be done with everybody taking part voluntarily.
Eva
> Re: William Rees and his "ecological footprint" . Most people still don't
> "get" it. The Globe and Mail had an editorial yesterday ridiculing him
> and maintaining everyone's right to go to Florida for the winter and to
> drive a van. They see no limits to the size of the pie, as U.S. consumers
> who are now spending more than they earn to keep fueling their economy.
> The Globe's article ridiculed Rees for presuming to know that "happiness"
> does not depend on material wealth. To be rich is glorious. But to be
> happy?
> Melanie
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