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Re: Ecological Economics and Entropy
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Subject: Re: Ecological Economics and Entropy
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From: bg364@torfree.net (Yuri Kuchinsky)
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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 14:07:11 GMT
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Article: 15954 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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Harold Brashears (brshears@whale.st.usm.edu) wrote:
: yuku@io.org (Yuri Kuchinsky) wrote for all to see:
: >David Lloyd-Jones (dlj@inforamp.net) wrote:
: >: Jay Hanson <jhanson@ilhawaii.net> wrote:
: >
: >: >In other words, if humans are greedy, stupid and violent
: >: >now, then science must assume that they will remain so.
: >
: >: And if, stupid and violent though we be, more of us live better every
: >: year, and our reserves of resources continually increase, then things
: >: look pretty good for the future, don't they.
: >
: >World Food Organization reports that over 800 million people are starving
: >on this planet right now. Get rid of your pink glasses.
: I know I will hate myself for replying, but I feel a desire to note
: that, with less than 16% of the world, this means that more than 84%
: are getting sufficient food. This is in stark contrast to previous
: eras, when much larger portions of the population were continually
: starving.
How do you know this?
As the absolute number of people starving is now greater than ever in the
world, that means that the total amount of misery is greater than ever.
This is progress?
As the limits of ecosystems are now stressed more than ever -- this means
that the future for these starving people can only get worse.
Not to see the limits of our ecological existence -- it is madness that
can only bring the increasing misery and eventual collapse.
Ecologically,
Yuri.
--
Yuri Kuchinsky | "Where there is the Tree of Knowledge, there
------------------------| is always Paradise: so say the most ancient
Toronto ... the Earth | and the most modern serpents." F. Nietzsche
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