Drakensberg region under fracking threat
18 Feb 2014 21:48 #59712
by ghaznavid
Replied by ghaznavid on topic Drakensberg region under fracking threat
A number of Dr Seuss quotes also come to mind. Some other interesting ones:
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.” ― Mahatma Gandhi (this is backed up by the global income per capita being approximately $70 000 per person)
“There is something fundamentally wrong in treating the Earth as if it were a business in liquidation.” ― Herman E. Daly
“If civilization is to survive, it must live on the interest, not the capital, of nature.” ― Ronald Wright
Unfortunately I have done too much research on the world economy to actually be optimistic enough to think the 2008 recession is over. The economic state of the world is really scary right now - there's a bit of meat between the massive bubbles that are present in the global economy. If we look at historical patterns and the current state of the world economy - the prospects for the next 10 years are actually quite scary.
For those who don't want to see what I am talking about, just ignore this part
I know most people switch off when I get onto this topic (what I say is mostly based on a few papers written by economists predicting the 2008 recession - so they are quite old papers, but have been correct so far)...
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.” ― Mahatma Gandhi (this is backed up by the global income per capita being approximately $70 000 per person)
“There is something fundamentally wrong in treating the Earth as if it were a business in liquidation.” ― Herman E. Daly
“If civilization is to survive, it must live on the interest, not the capital, of nature.” ― Ronald Wright
Unfortunately I have done too much research on the world economy to actually be optimistic enough to think the 2008 recession is over. The economic state of the world is really scary right now - there's a bit of meat between the massive bubbles that are present in the global economy. If we look at historical patterns and the current state of the world economy - the prospects for the next 10 years are actually quite scary.
For those who don't want to see what I am talking about, just ignore this part
I know most people switch off when I get onto this topic (what I say is mostly based on a few papers written by economists predicting the 2008 recession - so they are quite old papers, but have been correct so far)...
Warning: Spoiler!
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03 Aug 2014 22:16 #61444
by ASL-Bivak#
Replied by ASL-Bivak# on topic Drakensberg region under fracking threat
I have signed the petition. What else can we do to ensure fracking does not happen? 
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