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2006-10-24 Britain
DoomsDay v47.26: Man's footprint on ecosystem of Earth 'too heavy to be sustained'
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Posted by .com 2006-10-24 10:14|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Institute of Planetary Schemery

Heh.
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2006-10-24 10:53||   2006-10-24 10:53|| Front Page Top

#2 The WWF is in full line of the "zero growth/ungrowth" theory, has been since its creation, along with other malthusian orgs and think tanks like the club de Rome.
That's basically using ecology used to further a very malthusian, elitist worldview, with the sweaty masses being singled out for their impact on Mother Nature... kinda like Jacques Cousteau and his belief humanity should be reduced to 20% of its then current level to have a "sustainable" (another favorite notion) ecosystem.

Of course, this goes well with the suicidalism of the West in general (think "deep ecology") and is used to advocate departing from the industrialized system, go back to an agrarain, egalitarian society,... this has some mainstream spilling, re-the "décroissance" leftists one can find showcased from time to time on the limousine-liberal news channel I-télé.
Posted by anonymous5089 2006-10-24 11:03||   2006-10-24 11:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Here's how I see it. Environmentalists Our Betters want us to DIE!! moderate consumption so Environmentalists Our Betters can have a socialist sustainable society so Environmentalists Our Betters can live and breed without worry a better master race. sustainable socialist society.
Posted by badanov 2006-10-24 11:05|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org]  2006-10-24 11:05|| Front Page Top

#4 So we should leave our BMW's and Big Screen TV's behind, bad? Lol.
Posted by .com 2006-10-24 11:07||   2006-10-24 11:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, if that is the case, let us start thining the herd by starting with the WWF and then the Muzzies. That should free up a lot of resources.
Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader  2006-10-24 11:23||   2006-10-24 11:23|| Front Page Top

#6 A WWF study...

And why exactly is the World Wrestling Federation doing ecology studies?
Posted by SteveS 2006-10-24 12:21||   2006-10-24 12:21|| Front Page Top

#7 #6 A WWF study...
And why exactly is the World Wrestling Federation doing ecology studies?

It's for the CHILDREN, Punk!
Posted by Freddie Blassie">Freddie Blassie  2006-10-24 12:34||   2006-10-24 12:34|| Front Page Top

#8 Um, are you ready to rummmmbbbbllleee?
Posted by .com 2006-10-24 12:40||   2006-10-24 12:40|| Front Page Top

#9 The world’s average footprint is calculated to be 2.2 hectares per capita but only 1.8 hectares of each person’s consumption can be regenerated by the planet each year.
Carbon-dioxide emissions are the biggest single factor within the footprint, accounting for up to 48 per cent of man’s impact on the globe, according to the WWF Living Planet Report.

So, BA, the President of The Reality-Based and Science Using Dept. at Rantburg U says this is ALL bunk. Just takin' their own numbers, if we quit using CO2 as a "pollutant" (like the Global Warming Climate Change freaks use), that "impact" # drops to 1.1 hectares per capita, far UNDER the 1.8 hectares the planet can "regenerate." This doesn't even get into what mankind itself can "regenerate," a'la recylcing, switching to nuke power, switching to methane/propane fuels, and getting off of Middle East oil. Thanks, and any tips to Fred's tip jar for my new Dept. can be made out to BA, lol!
Posted by BA 2006-10-24 13:39||   2006-10-24 13:39|| Front Page Top

#10 Dr. Malthus, paging Dr. Malthus- the study you ordered is ready. Please report to the dustbin of history for pickup.
Posted by Baba Tutu 2006-10-24 13:43||   2006-10-24 13:43|| Front Page Top

#11 I'm in favor of walking softly but carrying a big stick. I don't know what that does to your footprints.
Posted by JohnQC 2006-10-24 13:51||   2006-10-24 13:51|| Front Page Top

#12 Does this mean all the WWF bozos are gonna commit harakiri?
Posted by mojo">mojo  2006-10-24 16:26||   2006-10-24 16:26|| Front Page Top

#13 Initially posted by .com.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-10-24 16:41||   2006-10-24 16:41|| Front Page Top

#14 Argh, formating is wrecked, yet I had photobucket resize it, sorry, my bad.
Posted by anonymous5089 2006-10-24 16:42||   2006-10-24 16:42|| Front Page Top

#15 Ok, that worked.
Posted by anonymous5089 2006-10-24 16:45||   2006-10-24 16:45|| Front Page Top

#16 I like it, heh. I, um, lost my entire ginormous library of "art". All of it. Gone. So to see one of the oldies but goldies makes me smile - Thx!
Posted by .com 2006-10-24 16:51||   2006-10-24 16:51|| Front Page Top

#17 .com: I like it, heh. I, um, lost my entire ginormous library of "art". All of it. Gone. So to see one of the oldies but goldies makes me smile - Thx!

Crap. I feel like the Louvre just burned down...
Posted by Ptah">Ptah  2006-10-24 21:28|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]  2006-10-24 21:28|| Front Page Top

#18 I would be much more impressed with the sincerity of these pukes if they would say something like: "In order to demonstrate my belief that this is a real problem, I am going to kill my wife, my son, his wife, and our granddaughter, and then commit suicide. There are too many people in the world, and I want to do my part to reduce the number"
Posted by Rambler">Rambler  2006-10-24 21:35||   2006-10-24 21:35|| Front Page Top

#19 Meanwhile in Denver, experts say the best way to save the bison would be to eat more of them.
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2006-10-24 23:32||   2006-10-24 23:32|| Front Page Top

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