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bighughdiehl

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2. It's inevitable....
Fri Jul 27, 2012, 07:01 AM
Jul 2012

but whether it's this year or 10 years from now(can't be much farther off than that), People like
Lester Brown have been saying "it's gonna be this year" for 40 years now, so no one pays
attention anymore. Of course, if policymakers had gotten it into their tiny minds that the question
was always more "when" then "if", something would have been done to ameliorate and make
things more sustainable by now. Lester Brown and Paul Erlich are the boy who cried wolf.
But, the big shots and the public forgot that in the story, the wolf really came eventually.

Du rec. Nt xchrom Jul 2012 #1
It's inevitable.... bighughdiehl Jul 2012 #2
I haven't followed Lester Brown BrendaBrick Jul 2012 #3
exactly. magical thyme Jul 2012 #5
is it really *too late*? BrendaBrick Jul 2012 #9
I live the best I can magical thyme Jul 2012 #11
oh other life forms WILL CONTINUE, BrendaBrick Jul 2012 #12
note, I said our *current* civilization magical thyme Jul 2012 #14
Whoa! BrendaBrick Jul 2012 #4
Several things I would like carla Jul 2012 #7
thanks for your input carla BrendaBrick Jul 2012 #10
personally, I don't believe top-down solutions will work magical thyme Jul 2012 #15
Yes it is... And those banksters have been ushering it in with vulgar greed... midnight Jul 2012 #6
this is why LeagueShadows24 Jul 2012 #8
Probably not a bad idea BrendaBrick Jul 2012 #13
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