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Re: Brashears on Hanson
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Subject: Re: Brashears on Hanson
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From: cs2@newton.npl.co.uk (Clive Scoggins)
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Date: 12 Dec 1996 14:54:44 GMT
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Article: 17262 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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Organization: EngD Environmental Technology
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In article <58endv$fg3@news.inforamp.net>, dlj@inforamp.net says...
<big snip>
>>I also assert that most of this destruction is unnecessary and
>>unjustified. When we throw away as much usable materials as we do, and
>>use as much land as we do, that our lifestyle could indeed be described
>>as wasteful, and far, far more than needed to support even a luxurious
>>lifestyle, let alone "the bare minimum necassary for surviaval."
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>If it were true that we threw away useable material in any large
>quantity, then it would certainly follow that were were wasteful.
>What useable material do you see being thrown away where?
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Have you ever SEEN a landfill?
cs.
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