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dreamnightwind

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32. Looks like Yosemite to me

Reply to AverageJoe90 (Reply #24)

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 03:21 AM

Jan 2013

not sure though.

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If you really think the environment is less important than the economy ... [View all] Scuba Jan 2013 OP

It's not necessary to pit one against the other frazzled Jan 2013 #1

What is wealth? How do you build it? What does it come from? NoOneMan Jan 2013 #4

We can not continue looting the natural resources to sustain human life. rhett o rick Jan 2013 #6

We don't have to create anything NoOneMan Jan 2013 #8

I agree that it is humanocentric to "think we have to create something to be here in our name when rhett o rick Jan 2013 #11

We got close NoOneMan Jan 2013 #12

We may not have as much time as some hope. rhett o rick Jan 2013 #13

Nah, we won't be going 'extinct', that's for sure....or at least not due to climate change alone. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #25

I would be interested in how humans are going to reverse climate change. rhett o rick Jan 2013 #29

Well, TBH...... AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #30

Sorry that you didn't understand my post frazzled Jan 2013 #7

The economy is the system in which wealth is created NoOneMan Jan 2013 #9

But you're not saying we should not pay attention to the economy, frazzled Jan 2013 #21

Oh really. Zoeisright Jan 2013 #14

Here's the link dreamnightwind Jan 2013 #17

We should start rounding up the unproductive people and getting rid of them el_bryanto Jan 2013 #22

Hell, start with me dreamnightwind Jan 2013 #31

A capitalist economy, by its very nature, is at odds with preserving our biosphere. ronnie624 Jan 2013 #23

+1 HiPointDem Jan 2013 #34

Yeah, but if we don't kick up more carbon to create a techno-utopia NoOneMan Jan 2013 #2

Yeah, it's a regular jobs program. That's it. Scuba Jan 2013 #3

It's a no brainer tama Jan 2013 #20

I think both are important Demo_Chris Jan 2013 #5

The problem is that our basic economic... tex-wyo-dem Jan 2013 #15

Resource consumption only goes so far Chathamization Jan 2013 #18

Poor people never get to see those vistas. They are reserved for the rich. nt Romulox Jan 2013 #10

I could pretty easily hold my breath while counting what little money I have Fumesucker Jan 2013 #16

A bad economy is like a house fire. Its significance is directly proportional to it's proximity. JVS Jan 2013 #19

Guy McPherson actually gets something right for once. n/t AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #24

Looks like Yosemite to me dreamnightwind Jan 2013 #32

Yes, Yosemite. Ansel Adams took the same famous shot years ago, Pirkle Jones printed it Brother Buzz Jan 2013 #35

I'm all for perserving the environment, as long as that does not affect my job. pampango Jan 2013 #26

NIMBY Scuba Jan 2013 #27

Try eating your money chervilant Jan 2013 #28

The economy is not about counting money. It is about procuring one's next meal. cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #33