How to Avoid the Coming Environmental and Economic 'Perfect Storm'
It
is quite possible that by the year 2100 human life will have become
extinct or will be confined to a few residential areas that have escaped
the devastating effects of nuclear holocaust or global warming.—Brian
BarryEvolution equipped us to deal with threats from dependably
loathsome enemies and fearsome creatures, but not with the opaque and
cumulative long-term consequences of our own technological and
demographic success. As cartoonist Walt Kelly once put it, “We’ve met
the enemy, and he is us.”Deforestation, agriculture,…Read more...
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