OT "Gas prices sinking - fill 'er up!" (America, the superficial)
Matthew Russotto wrote:
> 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.
This is such a great example of pathetically muddled American thinking that it
deserves a wider audience !
Graham
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