She claims we've used 1/3 of the total of earth's natural
resource. In her
fancy graphic she shows things like trees being cut down...wow a
third of
all forests are decimated? In 3 decades? wow. Oh wait...forested
areas
have remained relatively stable since the early 1900's since
companies that
log these forests know that if you don't plant also they would have
been out
of business in 1909. Since no one really knows for sure how much
coal or
oil or natural gas lies under ground it's hard to pinpoint using
1/3 of it
in the last 30 years. She also states offhandedly that almost 50%
of the
federal budget goes to military. Most estimates point closer to
20% even
with adjustments made f
I love "STUFF". I have lots of "STUFF" so I'm not anti shopping.
Mike, I'll see if I can contact the people who made it and find out
where they got their facts. It is my understanding.....but I DON"T
have facts yet to support it....that the forestry companies cannot
replant trees in large enough numbers to replace the enormous
forests that are now just gone forever. ANd in other countries, they
aren't always replanting, they're just stripping the trees away and
leaving the ground open to erosion.
And the destruction of the mountains in W.Virginia , USA, alone has
destroyed not only natural beauty but has poisoned the water of
nearby streams that people still use, forced the people who've lived
on those mountains off their land because of landslides from above
and have kept people from accessing their land...and in some cases
their family graveyards because the mining companies have bought the
land around them and denies them access....at least until the
mountain is mined out.
Photos of such can be found here:
http://ohvec.org/
and here:
http://ilovemountains.org/multimedia
I am not from W.Va or anyplace where this kind of thing is going on
so I don't have a direct interest in it. But I am a consumer....a
big one. I love to shop but if my habits are going to make life
miserable for future generations, I think I...and others like
me.....should at the very least be aware of how we are impacting the
future.
I didn't take from the movie that we needed to return to prehistoric
behavior....only that we should work to lessen the bad stuff that
comes out of consumerism by finding cleaner ways to make our 'stuff'
and by using renewable basic ingredients. Computers are one of those
bits of "stuff" that contribute to pollution if not disposed of
properly.
Paula
IN/USA
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of
arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather
to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body
thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a
ride!" Have a wonderful day!
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