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Large scale permaculture
"Billy" wrote in message
"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote: "len gardener" wrote in message (snip) i never said it was going to be easy, but when do we start? when it is way too late maybe? Well "the when it's too late" scenario seemed to be what got the Cubans working on the problem so I wouldn't be surprised if it takes the same thing to get the first world doing the same thing. In Australia, given our problems, I don't think it will be too long before we are faced with the need to "do something" but for the US, I think it will take longer. There are many Americans who still don't believe in climate cahnage but I don't think there would be many Australians who don't believe in it. Till there is a shift in attitude in the majority of the popultion, no change happens as there is no pressure to do so. Take a look at http://www.adn.com/matsu/story/365375.html/ . Did that. He sums up some of the problems quite well. Thanks. Politics stymied the truth about global warming in America because the corporations will have to spend money to ameliorate their carbon emissions. The result was that the corporate line was paid for in Congress and sponsored by that right-wing nut case, Rupert Murdoch. Murdoch's Fox News is the only news cast in America where faithfully watching it, will leave you more ignorant than if you had done nothing.The corporations are on board now, more or less, like New Orleans, I think now they see it as an opportunity. If you read the "uh-oh thread", it might occur to you that a perfect storm is brewing. Some countries are starting to withhold export crops, in order to feed their own citizens. That will never happen in America. Others, like Australia, have had crop problems (drought) and have no export crop. Other countries are having food riots. In any event, whether it was the bio-fuel scam, a conspiracy by the oil companies, or the government encouragement you own your own home at any cost, the American economy is set to tank. Asian banks don't want our money anymore. Our top 1% will get more stinking rich while the rest of us get acquainted with the way the rest of the world lives. Problem is that crazed American consumers was the market of choice for most of the world. No society will escape the personal need to grow more food. Not just for sensory satisfaction, but for survival. That time will come although I'm not convinced that we are there just yet. |
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