On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:05:08 -0000, thunder
wrote:

Yeah, but, is it environmentalism that is the folly, or is it the resource
intensive consumer paradigm? On this increasingly crowded planet,
sustainability should have a place.

I hear this argument all the time and I can't say that I agree.

To tell the truth, the intensive consumer IS the driver of economics
and has been since, well, forever. It's how progress is measured.

To my way of thinking, we are limiting ourselves to this thought that
nothing can ever be replaced, but that's just not true.

Economies ran on human power, animal power, water power, steam power
and now oil power. The next big thing hasn't been developed yet, but
it will and life will go on.