. . .
K “Growth is death, yet when the population is growing the thing call the economy must grow or we die.”
J “Or you need to not grow the population so that you do not need to grow and die. At that point in the discussion, everyone’s head, without exception, explodes and makes a mess of the room. And no one is willing to talk about reducing the population.”
K “Always a bummer. You end up forfeiting the room security deposit.”
. . .
K “The theft keeps moving through time. The current generation swiped the ‘consumption’ of the children and then swiped the ‘consumption’ of the grandchildren. Now the current generation is swiping the ‘consumption’ of the great grandchildren. Even if you explain it slowly and without a scintilla of condescension or impatience, few get it.”
J “Or want to get it. If those in power cannot reach into the future, they are trying to move across space to loot resources. However, theft cannot move across space forever. We are acting as if we can tap another planet. We cannot. As they say, there is no PLANet B.”
K “And yet we as a society are producing more children and grandchildren who do not have a chance or a choice.”
J “With the mess bequeathed to them, the kids may not be alright.”
. . .
K “Last week, some Republican players endorsed the pricing of carbon and established the Climate Leadership Council.”
. . .
[See “‘A Conservative Climate Solution’: Republican Group Calls for Carbon Tax” in “The New York Times” by John Schwartz dated February 7, 2017.]
[And in this corner, the master gardener of ‘team sustainable living’ advocating less demand on our finite resources, Professor Albert Allen Bartlett. And in that corner, the captain of the confused cornucopians, Professor Julian Lincoln Simon.]
[See the e-commentary at “Global Climate Change.”]
Bumper stickers of the week:
Save the Planet: Price Carbon: Now
Save the Marble: Price Carbon: Now
Tax what we burn not what we earn.
There is no PLANet B.
We are living on this planet as if we had another one to go to.
“Men argue. Nature acts.” Voltaire. Nature is acting while man is arguing.
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