o, Dr. Holdren!!
- Robert Fireovid
Bob,
All the things you mention need to be done AND economic growth needs
to end, too. Of course it will be a gargantuan task to convince the
U.S. government to embrace a steady state economy, but it needs to be
said that ending growth is an absolute necessity. Conservation
leaders like James
McDonough is like the Toyota ads that would seduce me into trading in
my 1994, 30 mpg Prism for a brand new Prius. Considering the
quantities of non-renewable natural resources that are extracted,
transported and transformed into a new car (and the amount of Nature
that is destroyed in its wake
Unfortunately, I know too many economists (social scientists) - some
in high-level policy-recommending positions within the government -
who think in this way.
- Bob Fireovid
>Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:10:54 +
>From: Bill Silvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>I hope that David posted this as a jok
I am a nationwide expert on bioenergy research, and I can say
truthfully that there is no way that fuels derived from manures and
other forms of waste, indeed from all types of biomass can come close
to replacing (in a sustainable manner) all of the fossil fuels we
use. The volumes of petroleum