Harry: > So, the environmental price mechanism is tampered with (This is an Arthur > one-liner.)
Yes, but very largely via the market mechanism. Ed > > Ed wrote: > > >Harry, for once I come pretty close to agreeing with you, though not > >necessarily about the market mechanism. It's a human creation and therefore > >prone to being tampered with and redesigned to suit certain purposes. > > > >Ed > > > > > > > Ed, > > > > > > Any purposefulness in Gaia in the minds of people, who perhaps haven't yet > > > escaped the fear of the outside dark as they huddle around their fires. > > > > > > The earth adjusts constantly, using negative feedback to restore > > > equilibrium - rather like the market mechanism, which is also negative > > > feedback. > > > > > > It doesn't do this so that Man can live here. Rather, Man lives here > > > because it happens to suit his survival. If it didn't, Man would not > > > survive - even though we are particularly well suited for survival, being > > > omnivorous, ubiquitous, and without natural restrictions on our breeding > >time. > > > > > > Thus, in the late 70's, after 35 years of surface cooling (during > > > increasing CO2) there was an abrupt change to surface warming. Something > > > happened, conditions changed, and the earth's negative feedback began to > > > adjust. > > > > > > So, what happened? Perhaps studying this it's more important than > >studying > > > who was killed this week in the Middle East. > > > > > > We are well suited to survive, but I fear our built-in weaknesses will > > > probably wipe us out the next time the mighty glaciers come rumbling out > >of > > > the North. > > > > > > No matter how much we pray, Gaia has no way of caring what happens to us. > > > Better to get off our knees and think what can be done. I fear, by then, > >it > > > will probably be too late. We'll be too busy arguing whether the > > > conservatives or liberals will do a better job. > > > > > > Harry > > **************************************************** > Harry Pollard > Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles > Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 > Tel: (818) 352-4141 -- Fax: (818) 353-2242 > http://home.attbi.com/~haledward > **************************************************** > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.486 / Virus Database: 284 - Release Date: 5/29/2003 > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
