In article .com>,
R. Lander > wrote:
>That ABC Good Morning America caption (9/12/06) illustrates the chronic
>shallowness of Americans.

Well, actually, it illustrates the shallowness of "Good Morning
America". As you might guess from the title, it's not intended to be
a hard-hitting news program of any sort.

>high prices, so let's not upset them with talk of restraint. We must
>keep the economy addicted and growing forever, or else.....or else we
>might have to live sustainably? Don't suggest that!

We can't live "sustainably"; for starters, just to keep consumption
near current levels would require zero population growth. To actually
significantly reduce consumption would require that plus serious
reductions in the standard of living. To eliminate the use of oil
would require the death of most of the US population.

>most people only care about their immediate wants. Like bleating sheep,
>they'll try to blame someone else when Peak Oil and climate change
>finally forces them off the road.

Peak Oil? That ain't sheep you're hearing; that's Chicken Little.


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