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- From: gil@tillage.DIALix.oz.au (Gil Hardwick)
- Newsgroups: sci.environment
- Subject: Alliance for a Paving Moratorium (Alert)
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <725428196snx@tillage.DIALix.oz.au>
- References: <1992Dec24.205457.7560@pbhye.PacBell.COM>
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 92 03:49:56 GMT
- Organization: STAFF STRATEGIES - Anthropologists & Training Agents
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- In article <1992Dec24.205457.7560@pbhye.PacBell.COM> mjvande@PacBell.COM writes:
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- > You are forgetting one little fact: your method is FAR TOO SLOW for what
- > is needed. According to the U.N., we need to reduce traffic by 50% to avoid
- > the greenhouse effect. Your don't-offend-any-old-ladies method can't begin
- > to do that.
-
- Yes, we are all quite aware of the fact that your primary agenda is to
- invoke panic so you can rush your policy proposals through. Sorry, but
- in a democracy you must consult with other people (especially the old
- ladies who have already earned such respect and consideration), which
- takes time.
-
- Your operating model appears to offer but two choices, accept either
- the risk of dying from the "greenhouse effect", or the risk of mass
- destructiveness in the civil unrest you wish to stir up in the pursuit
- of your campaign to fast track policies before the planet "overheats".
-
- Well, we have had plenty of experience with the latter and know the
- risks intimately. The former remains entirely hypothetical.
-
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