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rainy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 07:51 PM Original message |
The End of Growth by Richard Heinberg: This video says it all so very clearly: |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. ^ |
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rainy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. this is a great video! Where is everyone? Watch this. |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's obvious that Heinberg doesn't understand economic theory. He's arguing for zero |
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rainy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 09:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. He is saying that an economy based on growth can't be sustained at the rate we are going. |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. First, not all resources that used for growth are finite. |
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CleanGreenFuture (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 10:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. You speak as if you haven't spent a single moment researching our resource situation. |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Economics is not completely tied to natural resources. n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Anyone who thinks infinite exponential growrh is possible is either insane or an economist. |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 08:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. It will not always be expoenential growth. We will go through periods of |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. .. |
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CleanGreenFuture (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
9. Anyone who wants to know what's truly at the root of the economic chaos we're seeing today is, |
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rainy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
10. To wilms and strelnikov, I'm out of the loop. what do your |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
11. The k |
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CleanGreenFuture (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Considering this is the most important issue of all time, why do you suppose no one |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Nobody discusses it because no growth goes against |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. The usual argument is "we've always muddled through" |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
12. Kick so I'll remember to watch this later |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. I love Heinberg |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
17. That was interesting and very well done. n/t |
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