Posted on 02/05/2020 3:00:17 PM PST by rktman
The key finding of the Brundtland Report is this:
"Humanity has the ability to make development sustainable to ensure that it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
This is the theory that mankind is raping the Earth, plundering its resources, spreading pollution, and overwhelming the Earth's ability to support the population. This was and still is a theory embraced by those that don't like things as they are and wish to turn society upside down in the hope that they will like what results better. Venezuela is a present-day example of what results.
The Brundtland Report is often considered to mark the beginning of the modern sustainability movement. The problem with sustainability is that empirically it is just wrong. A business school professor, Julian Simon, wrote the book: The Ultimate Resource 2. His theme is that human ingenuity is the ultimate resource. We don't need to starve our economy by saving resources for future generations. Economic history shows conclusively that every resource scare is fixed by human ingenuity. Simon gives many examples. Good examples are energy shortages fixed by fracking or the impending famine fixed by genetic engineering in agriculture.
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His theme is that human ingenuity is the ultimate resource. We don’t need to starve our economy by saving resources for future generations. Economic history shows conclusively that every resource scare is fixed by human ingenuity. Simon gives many examples. Good examples are energy shortages fixed by fracking or the impending famine fixed by genetic engineering in agriculture.
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I agree. That’s been my position for many years.
Geez, mine too! Are we geniuses or what! Adapt or die!
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Too complicated are the explanations for their delusional leftist mentality ...
Just tell them :
TURN OFF YOUR AIR CONDITIONING IN SUMMER
SET YOUR THERMOSTAT REAL LOW IN WINTER
STOP DRIVING A CAR
STOP TAKING VACATION TRIPS
YOU THEN TELL THEM *YOU* KNOW THEY WONT DO THESE THINGS
SAY ONE LAST WORD AT THEM : HYPOCRITE
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