Alastair McDonald wrote:
> > Sustainability is an important long-term goal, but it is not
> > intrinsically opposed to economic growth.
>
> At present, we in Britain use three times more than our share of the world's
> resources. For our way of life to be sustainable we would need to cut our
> consumption by 70%. Do you really believe that it is possible for us to do
> that and have economic growth?
>
Yes, though it would have to be a managed transition over a substantial
length of time.
-Robert
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