>>Hi all,
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> Mike Harding
Ah, the joys of selective quoting.
The writer went on to say, after the bit quoted above:
"Your return flight to Melbourne for the weekend used a similar amount
of fuel per head. Every time you put on the air con rather than a jumper
you become part of the problem. In your 30 square eveless heated
towel-rail downlight-constellation ducted-air McMansion.
"Take a drive (no, a bus) to the 2600 megawatt Bayswater Power Station,
and boggle at the mountain of coal conveyor-fed direct from mine to
furnace. Every time you flick a switch another kilogram of carbon goes
up into the atmosphere.
"There’s a disconnect between our lifestyle and its consequences. Assume
for the moment that they’re right: the 97% of scientists who say that
global warming heading towards catastrophic climate change is real, and
greenhouse gas emissions from burning coal, oil, and gas are the primary
cause. Decades hence our children’s children, living with this, will
incredulously ask their grandparents, What were you thinking…? The
epithet 'future eaters' would be apt."
Phred - 26 May 2005 11:19 GMT
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>"There’s a disconnect between our lifestyle and its consequences. Assume
>for the moment that they’re right: the 97% of scientists who say that
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>incredulously ask their grandparents, What were you thinking…? The
>epithet 'future eaters' would be apt."
As someone said several decades ago: "Why should we care about future
generations -- what have they ever done for us?" ;-)
Cheers, Phred.

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Jim - 26 May 2005 11:29 GMT
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Yes, its just another way of spending the kids enheritance.
Rainbow Warrior - 26 May 2005 11:47 GMT
"Roy Wilke" <noidontwantanyspamthankyouverymuch@thisisp.com> wrote in
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> global warming heading towards catastrophic climate change is real, and
> greenhouse gas emissions from burning coal, oil, and gas are the primary
> cause. Decades hence our children’s children, living with this, will
> incredulously ask their grandparents, What were you thinking…? The
> epithet 'future eaters' would be apt."
We would reply, "what ever we wanted to, seeing your parents wouldn't listen
to us anyway."
> Had he stayed at home and used his central heating / air
> conditioning and electricity / gas not to mention all the
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> Mike Harding
And he could cetainly start by protesting other motor sports first, and
don't forget how many tree's are sacrificed for football fields, schools,
shopping centres & golf courses every year. :P

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Pat
Brisbane, Australia
http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~mangey/
Who needs lockers when you got secondaries.
CL3500/4300-> GH2600/2700-> S2A2300/3000->
GJ1600/2000->RR3500/3900 ->GQ4200/4200
Jim - 26 May 2005 23:13 GMT
> > Had he stayed at home and used his central heating / air
> > conditioning and electricity / gas not to mention all the
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> http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~mangey/
> Who needs lockers when you got secondaries.
And of course he's a lil veggie and doesn't eat animals that produce more
methane per kilo than you can poke a stick at.
Cheers
Jim