On Jan 17, 2010, at 8:53 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > On 18/01/2010, paul stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: >> As long as one doesn't trample on the rights of others in the process. > > I think the problem comes when those exercising their "rights" > infringe on everybody else which may be the case here, we all share > one relatively small globe and limited resources. Reorganising our > collective selves to reduce energy consumption and load on the planet > is simply insurance. There are climate change evangelists and sceptics > but if no one is absolutely sure what the situation is it can't hurt > to turn down the heat (so to speak) just in case. > Perhaps "rights" was a poor word choice. My concern in dealing with environmental problems is possible damage to the economy. We've been there and done that. We're just beginning to recover, and it won't take much to send the worldwide economy plunging over the edge. "Don't do harm" has to be the first rule of any environmental initiative. paul
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