By that token, it's clear that the marginal costs of adding human beings to the planet outweigh the benefits.
-- Charles On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Rajesh Mehar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > But to be > > fair, one needs to note that neither do balance sheets capture social > > benefits (quality of life after Company ABC set up in a remote area, > > perhaps?) > > > > Recently I read that farmers protesting the Jaitapur power plant ( > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaitapur_Nuclear_Power_Project) explicitly > articulated their views on this. I'm paraphrasing from memory as "They take > away our land and then employ us as peons and orderlies. Even if the money > we earn is more, our standing in society becomes that of a servant. We > don't want their jobs. Tell them to leave our land alone." >
