"Couple this with a press release by the WWF (World Wildlife Foundation) that in order to support global affluence we would need the equivalent of two more Earths, and you have a pretty bleak vision for the future. This is a problem for those of us who are space advocates because we know that the sentiments espoused by these institutions are simply wrong!"
Yeah the sentiments are wrong alright, and for more reasons than that they do not recognize that resources are available in space. I think this is the first instance I recall of socialists coming straight out and calling for worldwide poverty as a means of conserving resources.
How idiotic is that!? The way problems get solved, the way poverty is defeated, is by having free societies in which citizens can follow their individual dreams, building wealth, being motivated, coming up with myriads of clever ideas that, in the end, solve these problems, raise standards of living for all, and improve life in ways that centrally planned socialist bureaucracies could never envision or understand. Provocative article, thanks.
-- Captain James T. Kirk, USS ENTERPRISE (NCC-1701)