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Re: Ecological Economics and Entropy
Mike Asher wrote:
> In Medieval times, 90+% of the population was chronically malnourished. A
> man was deemed well off if he ate meat once a week. Most children suffered
> from rickets and other defiency conditions. Many castles and manor homes
> tossed trenchers (crusts of bread) and other dinner-table scraps to hungry
> people who clustered outside, who fought bitterly for line rights. Often,
> a government official would, upon their yearly visit to a village, find
> that starvation and disease had wiped out the entire populace sometime in
> the past year, with none the wiser.
>
> Beer was widely consumed, by children and adults, as water was too
> dangerous to drink. When you did drink river water, you were taught to
> "strain" it between your teeth to remove the larger creatures found
> naturally in it.
>
> Even the wealthy had their problems. Food poisoning was endemic, fruits
> and vegetables were unknown out of season, seafood was impossible unless
> you lived near the coast, and at thirty-five, you needed soft food as your
> teeth had all rotted out...unless an abcessed tooth killed you, as was
> quite common.
>
> This is the true world of 'organic' farming, biomass power, and
> deindustrialization many environmentalists would have us return to. I'd
> prefer to work out our problems and stay here.
>
> --
> Mike Asher
> masher@tusc.net
>
> "We must make this an insecure an uninhabitable place for capitalists and
> their projects. This is the best contribution we can make towards
> protecting the earth."
> - Environmental organization 'Ecotage', Earth First! offshoot.
Come on now Mike, you are starting to sound like one of the profits of doom yourself.
So, according to you, the impoverised conditions of medeval civilization are the result of the lack
of chemical fertalizers, and pesticides, and herbicides. Puuleeaase!
I guess the dirty creeks of medeval days, were also to be the blame of the naturalists, although I
do not have a single clue why. Do you?
The fat kings bad teeth are also the fault of the terroristic organic gardeners. Watch out, they
wait to smitten you with his safe and clean potions of herbs and compost.
I do not think I ever have heard such a poor analogy Mike. To compare medeval filth to safe and
natural horticulture is beyond reasonable comprehension. I guess the baseball strike and every
other bad thing that has occured these days is also the fault of these simple and pure
naturalistic thinkers.
Seriously now, I practice organic gardening, because it is the cheapest most sound method of
horticulture I know. Growing plants through chemical means is paramount to a person drinking a
glass of prepared proteins and carbohydrates, and taking a couple of pills, for years on end for
every meal. See how long you stay fit on an artificial diet, and then you will no longer wonder
why this is not good for plants either.
Answer me this. How is it that earlier this year, I had a census of over 600 plants(most in pots)
on my property, all organically grown, and all flourishing, while my neighbors wasted umpteen
dollars on chemicals that left them with yards lacking any natural beauty? It may have somethings
to do with a little TLC, a good substitute for chemicals any day. Just Say No To Chemicals!
Regards
-
Vince Clause - Inventor/Entrepreneur/Naturalist
President - V R C Enterprises Inc.
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