The BBC "Green Room" article Rapley refers to is here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4584572.stm
He stressed there the "tabooness" of the subject: 'So controversial is the subject that it has become the "Cinderella" of the great sustainability debate - rarely visible in public, or even in private.' Like the great god of "economic growth", population issues must not be discussed. What other taboos and "unthinkables" does our society have which prevent us from both acknowledging the problems and seeking appropriate solutions? And how do we demolish these barriers to rational action? Phil On Jul 3, 12:10 am, "Michael Tobis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It sort of disappeared from the radar for a generation, but someone > has had the nerve to raise the population bomb issue again. That > someone would be Chris Rapley, who is William's boss, I reckon. > > http://environment.independent.co.uk/climate_change/article2714840.ece > > A tip of the hat to the remarkable > > http://inel.wordpress.com/ > > for the link. > > mt --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
