Reply #74: Just a consequence of believing the mythology of...

[skeptical cynic]

unlimited growth.

The United States has about 5% of the world's population, but consumes about a quarter of the petroleum and produces an corresponding percentage of pollutants. When the developing world catches up, we'll need the resources of about five planets. Of course, they aren't going to catch up, we're going to meet them somewhere much closer to where they are than where we are.

The richest few percent will be living well in places they haven't raped. The global peasant class will continue to do what we do now--serve them. By then, the other great myth--The American Dream--will have been exposed as a fraud, as well.

If the food web in the Gulf does collapse, do any of us believe the wealthy will have any trouble muddling through and keeping their tables stocked with seafood?