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Re: fHuman vs. natural influences on the environment



charliew@hal-pc.org (charliew) wrote:

>Whew!  I don't know what you were smoking in your college 
>days, but I bet it was good!
>
>Regarding automation, men have been trying to slow down 
>technological advancement of machines since the beginning of 
>the industrial revolution.  There are so many inventors, 
>particularly in the more industrial countries, that this is 
>an impossible task.  You either learn to adapt to new 
>technology, or you get left way behind.  It's literally that 
>simple.

True enough.  Now, what we need is a system of green taxes to
turn some of that wonderful ingenuity into accomplishing
useful tasks *without* trashing the environment.  For more
on green taxes (as a substitute for other taxes, not an add-
on) see http://www.econet.org/awea/aweapol.html.

Tom Gray
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