Should the program be called "Some Things Considered"?
There's no mention on NPR of the fact that faster drilling for oil today means faster depletion of fossil fuel reserves. This will mean a more difficult transition when the wells finally run dry or become so unproductive that extraction is prohibitively expensive.
Why is there no mention of the fact (this is not opinion, but fact) that more rapid depletion of natural resources today means a more difficult life for our children and their offspring in years to come?
How can this essential fact be deemed not relevant to the public discourse?
We are living in an UN-sustainable civilization. Public policy that reduces the rate of taking of natural resources would tend to promote stability over the long term.
A truly democratic society would adopt policies that ensure that resources are not depleted at rates that exceed what most people would say are acceptable. A truly democratic society would not allow levels of pollution to exceed what most people say is acceptable
There are proposals that promise a sustainable civilization where abject poverty is abolished. They involve an equal sharing of natural wealth. Why are they not mentioned at all?
A sustainable and just civilization:
Http://gaiabrain.blogspot.com
Thu Mar 22 2012 18:37:42 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
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