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Article #1147Re: Can we learn something from Easter Island?
From: Don Quijote
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 19:47
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 19:47
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John Beardmore <wookie@wookie.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:<QjikkLvNNI+$EwVf@wookie.demon.co.uk>... > This seems suspect too. Much evidence seems to suggest that we have > probably used about half the worlds oil so far (in a hundred years or > so), but it is also clear that the number of people wanting a share of > what's left is going up. > > Do you think this will be a comfortable process ? I hate to agree with you but I do. It wont be a comfortable process because for the world to reach America rate of consumption, the use of resources and resulting waste would be multiplied by 4 using current American levels. America has 6% of the world population, using 25% of its resources, so it's taking the lion share of it.
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