>I'm only making arguments that have been printed in the Left press for the
>past 40 years. Just read the latest sicence news in any newspaper and
>you'll see plenty of reasons why industrial society as it is presently
>constituted is unsustainable and ruining the planet. And as Tom says, what
>right do you have to force people in the Global South to toil away to
>support your comfortable high-tech lifestyle.
Unsustainable as it is presently structured, yes. But your final solution to the problem of sustainable industry is "dispersal", which can only be premised on the notion that all modern industry is unsustainable per se.
Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas