[at-l] musings on wind farms, the Trail, mankind and such

[jbryankramer at msn.com (J Bryan Kramer)]

Oh OK, in the words of Joe Hill: "There will be Pie in the Sky After You
Die" right? Wishful thinking but no practical plan.

Bryan

 Lex et Libertas -- Semper Vigilo, Paratus, et Fidelis!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Bullard [mailto:jbullar1@twcny.rr.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 15:01
> To: J Bryan Kramer; aT-L@backcountry.net
> Subject: RE: [at-l] musings on wind farms, the Trail, mankind and such
>
>
> You are the one suggesting those things, Bryan, not I. I was merely
> suggesting that thoughtful people might consider whether there were
> alternatives to unrestrained growth.
>
> At 02:52 PM 7/14/2004 -0400, J Bryan Kramer wrote:
> >I think if you examine US population growth then you see that the native
> >population growth is low and most of the expansion comes from immigration
> >and immigrant reproduction. So I assume that means that you are fully in
> >favor of expelling all non-native born inhabitants in order to reduce
> >growth. We could mobilize the military to conduct house by house searches
> >for the wetbacks. High tech minefields on the borders might discourage
> >re-introduction of the pests too.
> >
> >The other major factor not mentioned is the exponental resource
> use growth
> >in the third world, especially China and India. So you must be
> in favor of
> >premptive strikes, maybe by tailored biowar organisms, to knock back the
> >populations of these areas.
> >
> >China and India are one major reason that the idiotic Kyoto plan was dead
> >from the start since they were not limited by that treaty. Its so
> >unreasonable that they expect to bring their living standards up to first
> >world levels.
> >
> >Bryan
> >
> >  Lex et Libertas -- Semper Vigilo, Paratus, et Fidelis!
> >
> > > Despite this bow to basic science and the limits of resources
> the author
> > > goes on to suggest that the solution to the demands of continued
> > > growth is
> > > through solar power, nuclear power and cooperative sharing of the
> > > remaining
> > > resources. It does not seem to occur to him that perhaps we are
> > > at a point
> > > where we should be considering ways to limit our growth
> rather than wait
> > > until a crisis forces it upon us.
>
>
>