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Rising seas are wreaking havoc in some low-lying regions.
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Rising seas are wreaking havoc in some low-lying regions.
So, do you believe an unrestricted consumption based society is sustainable? Resources would have to be infinite for that to be possible, Shirley?
And what might be your source for this information?It turns out that legendary activist Greta Thunberg's fortune is $18 million and she owns 9 cars and 6 houses.
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I have excerpted an excellent article Here are some links to the cited article which my be paywalled, which is sourced at bottom of quote (link) and (link).
During the 1970's and before a belief developed that our consumption-based society was unsustainable. This philosophy of life was expressed in the U.S. via books such as the 1950's classic by John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society. This was foreshadowed by other authors and thinkers, such as Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck. In Travels Steinbeck rails against conspicuous consumption and other signs of affluence. There was also the Club of Rome report, written over a period between 1968 and 1972, affiliated with MIT (link). This was at the end of the sunshiny era of the 1950's and early 1960's, a halcyon ear when grown was promoted. It was mostly a "let the good times roll" era, until it wasn't. The "Arab Oil Embargo," for example, was seized upon as an excuse to limit highway speeds to 55 m.p.h. and the "Club of Rome" mentality became general.
The "intellectual" movement was largely ineffectual in changing anything. Thus, an emergency had to be conjured where we were doomed if we did not take "action," however futile. As this article points out, the fulcrum which the "movement" uses is keyed to control, not effectiveness.
Where and when have you seen anyone on this forum do as you describe?Obviously. Look at all the DemoKKKrat dopes here who whine about "global warming", then cheer loudly that Biden/Harris are drilling more oil than ever before.
By what distortion of reality do you describe the 1950s as "sunshiny"?I have excerpted an excellent article Here are some links to the cited article which my be paywalled, which is sourced at bottom of quote (link) and (link).
During the 1970's and before a belief developed that our consumption-based society was unsustainable. This philosophy of life was expressed in the U.S. via books such as the 1950's classic by John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society. This was foreshadowed by other authors and thinkers, such as Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck. In Travels Steinbeck rails against conspicuous consumption and other signs of affluence. There was also the Club of Rome report, written over a period between 1968 and 1972, affiliated with MIT (link). This was at the end of the sunshiny era of the 1950's and early 1960's, a halcyon ear when grown was promoted. It was mostly a "let the good times roll" era, until it wasn't. The "Arab Oil Embargo," for example, was seized upon as an excuse to limit highway speeds to 55 m.p.h. and the "Club of Rome" mentality became general.
The "intellectual" movement was largely ineffectual in changing anything. Thus, an emergency had to be conjured where we were doomed if we did not take "action," however futile. As this article points out, the fulcrum which the "movement" uses is keyed to control, not effectiveness.