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Article #1144Re: Can we learn something from Easter Island?
From: Don Quijote
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 19:13
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 19:13
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"Don Libby" <never.spam@tds.net> wrote in message news:<3ffb7550$1_3@newspeer2.tds.net>... > Congratulations on getting past the overly simplistic "Easter Island Earth" > analogy. Now you're thinking. I like the simplicity of 2+2, which sometimes people say it's not 4. > > Technology and organization mediate the relationship between the human > population and its environment. Some combinations of technology and > organization may sustain the human population longer than others. > > -dl Excellent reasoning. So we must conclude that either we can organize like Haiti and wipe out all trees, or organize like Iceland and do away with fossil fuels. Which one would you choose?
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