[lbo-talk] anti-Suburban snobs, was petro-thusians

[John Thornton]

Don't be too thankful yet. What do you think agribusiness does with that 
water? You think Allen Andreas takes a bath every hour in a huge tub to 
waste water or perhaps it's used it to grow things that people consume? If 
it weren't for industry everyone would all the natural resources to build 
stuff themselves? If OTR trucks doubled their mileage all would be sound? 
What a load of drek. It isn't just agribusiness or just SUV's it is waste 
and unsustained growth everywhere. Any single item you point to is 
insignificant, it's the whole picture that needs repair.
Don't worry folks, keep consuming. It's the bad guys at ADM, Monsanto, and 
GE's fault but we'll give them a thorough tongue lashing and that will take 
care of that! Why personalize any of the problems when blaming them all on 
a "corporate bogeyman" is so much easier.
GM, along with effective advertising, certainly is responsible for a share 
of the problem that is bigger than mine but I can hardly abdicate all 
responsibility.

John Thornton


>Thanks for the stats. Useful.
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>Joanna
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>Jordan Hayes wrote:
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>>>And creating a crisis environmentally so that everyone
>>>can have an SUV is progressive?
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>>Is there anyone who seriously believes that the selfishness of a few
>>dozen million USers is the root cause of the environmental damage of
>>Modern Society!?
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>>There used to be a billboard in Oakland that showed a dripping outdoor
>>sprinkler faucet with the tagline: Do The Earth A Good Turn -- as though
>>it was us individuals who were responsible for the perpetual water
>>crisis -- as opposed to the small but powerful agribiz contingent in
>>California who happen to use 96% of all the fresh water . . .
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>>This 'personalizing of the crisis' has to stop: if the Fortune 1000
>>would recycle, individuals wouldn't have to!  It's so overwhelmingly the
>>problem of industry that it's not even funny.  If commercial trucks
>>would only get from 4mpg to 10mpg everyone in China could own 4 SUVs and
>>it wouldn't make a difference.
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>>Sheesh.
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>>/jordan
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