Re: Re: Cuban Genetic Engineering (was Jesse Lemisch)

[Ken Hanly]

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From: Yoshie Furuhashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 8:35 AM
Subject: [PEN-L:14188] Re: Cuban Genetic Engineering (was Jesse Lemisch)


> >  >It's the nature of capitalism not to allow everyone in the world "to
> >>live at current North American ecological standards (say 4.5
> >  >ha/person)."
> >>
> >>Yoshie
> >
> >This is not exactly true. Even under socialism, it will not be possible
to
> >sustain the following practices:
> >
> >1. Limitless livestock breeding.
> >2. Limitless automobile ownership.
> >3. Industrial-grade "harvesting" of seafood.
> >4. Massive production of energy through hydroelectric dams.
> >5. "Green revolution" type farming.
> >6. Uncontrolled carbon emissions.
> >7. Deforestation of old-growth forests.
> >8. etc.
> >
> >Louis Proyect
>
> I'm simply saying that worrying about what will happen if everyone in
> the world gets to "to live at current North American ecological
> standards (say 4.5 ha/person)" under capitalism is _absurd_, since
> it's _not_ going to happen.
>
> Yoshie
>