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Re: The Limits To Growth



> Betsy,
>  
> This simply isn't true.  The land being covered by suburbia is not
> worn out and useless; it is among the best farmland we have, because
> we naturally build cities where the land is good.  It is being pulled
> out of farming because it is more useful as roads and housing.
> 
DLJ - I'm not going to argue with you - according to the articles I read
on the subject, some of California's best farmland IS worn-out and useless
>from  a cropping standpoint, thanks to poor stewardship. "We naturally
build cities where the land is good" - if this somewhat random statement
is true, isn't it a tragedy to lose former cropland and wildlands to
suburpia? But that's another discussion, I suppose. "It is being pulled
out of farming because it is NOW more useful as roads and housing" - add
that one word and we're in perfect agreement, so what's your point?
  
> And we'll pull it out of the Gulf of Mexico the same way the Dutch
> pull it out of the North Sea, the very moment it becomes worthwhile to
> do so.

Sounds dramatic and exciting - real John Wayne movie material.



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