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originally posted by: roguetechie
Scarcity is bullshi*
originally posted by: TheScale
originally posted by: rickymouse
a reply to: ravenshadow13
I think they should ban a lot of the unnatural chemicals they have created that are dampening the worlds ability to repair the ecosystem. This includes to some extent CO2 emissions to a certain extent, especially the stuff that comes from all those jets flying around.
if your worried about the ecosystem and c02 destroying it i wouldnt give that a worry at all. one thing thats great about C02 emissions is that we have a huge abundant source of life forms that consume c02 and give us beneficial byproducts in every environment on earth. what id be more worried about are the herbicides, pesticides, insecticides, etc that makes it ways into our waterways and groundwater supply from modern agriculture. on top of that much of the fertilizers we use in modern agriculture releases large amounts of greenhouse gases with nothing to really soak it up and buffer it out other then time unlike with c02.
Well for one thing scarcity is something which was dreamed up by Thomas Malthus who was related to Darwin. Malthus believed that only the healthy and wealthy should breed so you should thank him for eugenics as well. But back to scarcity. Malthus believed that truly there wasn't enough food for all the world, but surprisingly modern advances in agriculture fixed that problem. We still have plenty of food but distribution continues to be a problem. That is why socialists thought that if they could change the economic system of the world then people would get fed. Have you ever heard people talking about how the restaurants and groceries waste so
originally posted by: FatherLukeDuke
originally posted by: roguetechie
Scarcity is bullshi*
Of course, which is why we all have access to infinite resources.
I'm just off to fly a few solid gold helicopters into the sea for a giggle.
I might deforest a few million square metres of rainforest after that, as it will never run out, will it?
originally posted by: DJW001
originally posted by: Teikiatsu
originally posted by: DJW001
originally posted by: Teikiatsu
originally posted by: DJW001
a reply to: Teikiatsu
The planet will be doing fine long after humanity goes extinct. As for resources, our technology has always found new resources to exploit, leaving a trail of creative destruction. This is why the coal industry died. Access to resources has always been the fundamental cause of war. In earliest times it was water and arable land, lately it has been petroleum, and soon it will be rare earths. Now that humanity is aware of its global scope, perhaps it is time to consider options that can avoid the possibility of a civilization destroying conflict?
HHmmm... nope.
Technology and the market have been working out well so far. It only gets screwed up when a handful of people in the government think they know better than the creative power of the human race.
I assume you are very young, and don't remember acid rain and Lake Erie catching fire. You also don't seem to understand that the history of humanity has been one of constant slaughter over access to resources. Either that, or you consider a toxic environment and continual warfare to be "working out well."
You assume wrong.
Basic environmental regulations (and the regs from the 70s are basic and effective) are not the same as restricting human productivity and economics.
How do you feel about child labor laws? The forty hour work week? Should we get rid of those governmental restrictions on productivity and economics? The fact is, no private enterprise has voluntarily acted in the best interests of anyone but themselves without public pressure or government regulation. You have drunk the " free market" koolade.
originally posted by: Teikiatsu
originally posted by: DJW001
originally posted by: Teikiatsu
originally posted by: DJW001
originally posted by: Teikiatsu
originally posted by: DJW001
a reply to: Teikiatsu
The planet will be doing fine long after humanity goes extinct. As for resources, our technology has always found new resources to exploit, leaving a trail of creative destruction. This is why the coal industry died. Access to resources has always been the fundamental cause of war. In earliest times it was water and arable land, lately it has been petroleum, and soon it will be rare earths. Now that humanity is aware of its global scope, perhaps it is time to consider options that can avoid the possibility of a civilization destroying conflict?
HHmmm... nope.
Technology and the market have been working out well so far. It only gets screwed up when a handful of people in the government think they know better than the creative power of the human race.
I assume you are very young, and don't remember acid rain and Lake Erie catching fire. You also don't seem to understand that the history of humanity has been one of constant slaughter over access to resources. Either that, or you consider a toxic environment and continual warfare to be "working out well."
You assume wrong.
Basic environmental regulations (and the regs from the 70s are basic and effective) are not the same as restricting human productivity and economics.
How do you feel about child labor laws? The forty hour work week? Should we get rid of those governmental restrictions on productivity and economics? The fact is, no private enterprise has voluntarily acted in the best interests of anyone but themselves without public pressure or government regulation. You have drunk the " free market" koolade.
Last I checked, kids can still work. Last I checked, my corporate job didn't stop me from working more than 40 hours.
You are correct, private enterprise will do what they can for their advantage, like everyone else. That includes keeping quality labor on staff or losing it to a competitor.