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Old 01-24-2010, 04:42 PM
kerry kerry is offline
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Originally Posted by Craig View Post
Coincidently, I just finished reading "Collapse" again; he does seem to stress the environmental aspect of their problems, maybe more than he should. I think the reality is a little more complex than a single cause, but a corrupt government, overpopulation, and deforestation can't add up to anything good.
I listened to him when he was speaking at the School of Mines a few years ago. I agree that he is political naive in many ways. He should read the social ecologists.
One funny thing about that lecture at Mines; when the lecture concluded and I was trying to drive out those residential strees surrounding the school, it was the first time I had been stuck in a traffic jam composed entirely of Prius's except for my MB.
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