Thank you for finding this and posting it. Clear & concise, probably too concise for most people. <snip> "The current food system is linear in design, treating inputs like energy and raw materials as infinitely available (which they are not) and the environment as infinitely capable of absorbing waste (which it is not). This is not sustainable. To change this, we need a tax system that factors in the full cost of all these finite items and uses the proceeds to subsidise organic, low input and localised agriculture systems. In contrast, organic production systems are an example of sustainable circular methods of food production in harmony with the natural eco-system." <snip> I can just hear the response if Americans are told this: What? You want me to pay the total cost of producing the food? What about my neighbors? I don't know about other parts of the world but here in Wal-mart's backyard many people have gone completely sideways in their thinking. "Cheap is good." Everything else is fairly unimportant. I will post this article from http://www.i-sis.org.uk/ in my newsletter so that the people I have marginal influence over can see it. I think it is extremely important, but how do we get more people to see it? Everybody in this group is already on-board the sustainability-Arc. What about the rest?
It seems to me from talking with many people in this country that most Americans would rather wait and chance starving before taking responsibility and God forbid, accountability. It is always mind boggling to me how many people have bought the American Dream lock stock and barrel. We had a grand garden this Summer and next year I hope to broaden the food produced here at home. It has already frosted here. Cheers, Brian Rodgers _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
