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>  The dust jacket on senator al gore's 1992 best seller, EARTH IN THE BALANCE,
> tels us that vice presidential nominee "is now convinced that the engines of 
> human civilization have brought us to the brink of catastrphe." We are also 
> told what we should do aboutit: "In this brave and provocatve book Gore 
> argues that only a radical rethinking o our releationship with nature can 
> save the earth's  ecology." Then we are informed that "some politicians and 
> business leaders still insist  the threat isn't real." The commentary on this
> sensational come on finally assures us, "Gore proves it thatis."
>    So there you have it[ "The environmental champion of the U.S senate  
> demonstrates in his 400 page book that we earthlings face catastrphe of our 
> own doing. There's no doubt about the impending doom: Gore "proves it"
                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    Hmm, and _if_ we do manage to get a handle on the ecology -- to keep 
catastrophe from occuring -- the forces of entropy will just have to 
think of some _other_ way of wiping us out.  Giant meteors, maybe.