From: Paul Cockshott (wpc@dcs.gla.ac.uk)
Date: Tue May 20 2008 - 08:46:54 EDT
Whilst it is conceivable that human life will be eliminated, I think that is somewhat of a straw man. One is talking permian/triassic transition for that or worse, which is well outside the range of what climate models predict. Much milder scenarios are bad enough -- significant population decline due to food shortages for example. GERALD LEVY wrote: > > In a typically opportunist way they evade the issue of nuclear power. > > > Hi Paul C: > > > Agreed. They were opposed to nuclear power before and they > should be opposed to nuclear power today. The mentality used > by the proponents of nuclear power in the past is precisely what > has led to the environmental crisis of today: i.e. there was > blithe indifference to the negative environmental consequences > in the belief that over time there would be a 'technological fix' > to the problems associated with nuclear power. In other words, > there was a blind and optimistic belief in the prospects for new > technologies: everything, they told themselves, will work out 'in > the end'. Armed with such a belief and indifference to everything > that does not translate into increased profitability, capital has > launched us on a path which could very well end with the > 'negation of the negation' (in this case, the annihilation of human > life on this planet). > > In solidarity, Jerry > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > ope mailing list > ope@lists.csuchico.edu > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/ope > _______________________________________________ ope mailing list ope@lists.csuchico.edu https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/ope
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