Lost in cyberspace. A post (not a long one) I just spent over an hour on. I'm not even gonna try to reconstruct it.

I agree Bobert. and there is no joy in the thought. It is going to take a revolution to bring about some very needed social change. but the costs are going to be high. Not too high for the gains. but no bargain basement sale, either.

Given the quantity of resources needed, using present technologies, to provide a middle-class lifestyle to millions in the first world, it is clear that a comparable level of resources use and lifestyle cannot extrapolated to all the third world's people (even if we assume that improvements in technology will be made). If we accept that humankind should live in balance with nature's renewable stock of resources, and if we admit that the world's demographic future holds a population of 10 to 15 billion by the year 2050, it is obvious that our ideas about ourselves and our lives need to change.... a radical rethinking of everyone's lifestyle, and a re-visioning of our future, are in order (Porter and Sheppard 1998).

This paragraph in particular resonates with me. It begs the question, just how far down the road am I willing to walk the walk in my own life?

Janie