It's capitalism or a habitable planet - you can't have both

GuardianUnlimited ^ | 2/2/6 | Robert Newman

[ZGuy]

Same planet. Different worlds.

[KarlInOhio]

Take a look at the poisoned and radioactive areas of the ex-Soviet Union and tell me again how socialism is better for the environment than capitalism.

[pissant]

He should start a party and run on that platform...Wait, the democrats already exist.

[Thrusher]

Blah blah blah blah.

Blah.

[bikepacker67]

Gee, if Capitalists are such environment-wrecking pigs, how come the USSR and China were/are some of the worst polluters the world has ever known?

[Shalom Israel]

What an idiot. I'm speechless. Thousands of years of societal development passed him by, and he apparently thinks we should go back to hunting and gathering. The 4+ billion that would have to die of to make it practical--where do they fit into his little plans?

[Cyclopean Squid]

A Green Economy. It's the new Marxism.

[SquirrelKing]

Yeah, the environment was SO much cleaner under Communism:

Idiots.

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[bahblahbah]

That is the scariest damn thing I've ever read.

[Borges]

[conservatrice]

It's pretty obvious that the more industrialized and capitalized an economy is, the cleaner it is. These people are too blinded by ideaology to see their noses.

[hedgetrimmer]

China has the worst environmental record now, and they work hand in hand with 'capitalists'.

The free enterprise system is the best for protection of invidividual rights and the 'environment'.

[RockinRight]

Fine then. We'll take Earth, and you can have Mars. It's already "Red" and its got no pollution, no supermarkets, and no SUV's.

[MeanWestTexan]

"A Green Economy. It's the new Marxism."

Yep. The same old tired communist are trying to do indirectly what they tried to do directly.

You can see this is you look at the funding of most of this junk.

[JeeperFreeper]

Man, oh, man. What a maroon! Everyday and for all his life, this goober has gone to work in a capitalist system and bought food at a market. Yet, somehow he comes to the conclusion the two are incompatible and unsustainable. It's like denying sunrise or the seasons. Betcha he's a born and reared urbanite. He's also Captain Oblivious.

[Gay State Conservative]

OK,Comrade...you set the example.Move from whatever luxurious house you have in some chic,wealthy city/suburb into a cave....get rid of your Land Rover (or is it a Porche SUV) and buy a bike....grow *all* of your own food...

If you do it,pal,you can be sure that the Kerrys,Kennedys and Clintons will follow your lead.

[Terabitten]

Capitalism is not sustainable by its very nature. And yet this ideological model remains the central organising principle of our lives, and as long as it continues to be so it will automatically undo (with its invisible hand) every single green initiative anybody cares to come up with.

Methinks this gentleman doesn't understand capitalism very well. Capitalism rewards those who provide a good or service that the consumers want. I *guarantee* that if a majority (or hell, even a plurality) of consumers began demanding environment-friendly goods and services, the providers *will* begin providing them. The hybrid car is a perfect example.

The beauty of capitalism is that it is a feedback loop. The consumer creates demand for a good or service, the provider provides it. As demand shifts, so must the provider change the good or service provided to meet the new demand. It's an endlessly self-refining cycle.

[dirtboy]

It's capitalism or a habitable planet - you can't have both

Yeah, and we all know that the Soviet Union and Red China were paragons of environmentalism.

What a pantload.

[bahblahbah]

· rnewman@dircon.co.uk

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