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Re: Hostility to the notion of limits to growth (4.00 / 6)

Martin Wolf - Hostility to the notion of limits to growth

It is far more likely to be a step towards a world characterised by catastrophic conflict and brutal repression.

And how lucky we are that we haven't seen any of that during the last fifty years.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Dec 21st, 2007 at 07:47:39 AM EST

Re: Hostility to the notion of limits to growth (4.00 / 3)

He's just concerned that his (our?) band of oppressors is going to turn to infighting.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Dec 21st, 2007 at 07:56:39 AM EST
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Re: Hostility to the notion of limits to growth (4.00 / 4)

He's just concerned that this time it could be his ass on the line, and not someone else's - someone far away whom he can ignore.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Dec 21st, 2007 at 07:58:39 AM EST
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Re: Hostility to the notion of limits to growth (none / 1)

It could have been so much worse. I am currently reading a book on the history of the 30 years war. What we did, especially in Bohemia and Bavaria, isn't exactly things that instill national pride...

Something of a Kongo style holocaust.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Fri Dec 21st, 2007 at 10:32:38 AM EST
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Re: Hostility to the notion of limits to growth (4.00 / 6)

I have a horrible suspicion that future historians will regard the period post WW2 until now as the age of Plenty - and Waste, of relative peace and prosperity. I sincerely hope I am wrong and that Vietnam, Cambodia, Rwanda and current famines will not seem like small local issues compared to what future generations will have to endure.

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Fri Dec 21st, 2007 at 12:11:49 PM EST
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