> I'm not sure where you live, but where I live we are not suffocating on our > own waste. I don't seem to be lacking any resources. I have everything I > need and then some. Also, I doubt anyone is over producing anything on a > regular basis since that would be financially self limiting. Pretty close to Chief's Seattle area - BC. A couple of days ago I've heard on TV, that if it was a country, it would've been (don't remember - 3rd? single-digit number anyway) country in the world in greenhouse gas emissions (though method of calculation wasn't clear - per capita, or per sq ft). Too much dependence on cars in Greater Vancouver area, poorly developed public transportation. Same in Seattle, - if not worse. Over-production goes hand in hand with over-consumption. Are two cars per family necessary? Yes, if there is no other way of getting to work. Otherwise - no. Is new car necessary, when previous one is still fine, albeit wife would like to show "them" that your family can afford a new one? Yes, - because nobody would convince her in the opposite. People have tons of useless stuff in their homes, - merely going to garage sales would reveal this pretty well :-)... Most of it was unnecessary at the moment of purchase. Slippery ground, anyway... Are our kayaks really necessary? We don't have to hunt or fish to survive... To my best knowledge, most resources are aren't renewable. We might have them "enough", our children might not. I'm not even sure that we have them "enough" - otherwise gas prices in North America wouldn't depend on Iraq and Middle-East situation. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Dec 07 2004 - 17:08:06 PST
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