Please see reddit for your anti-capitalist green ranting needs.
"You can't run a linear system on a finite planet indefinitely." I'm going to drop that one at a cocktail party and count how many people nod versus sigh.
"You can't run a linear system on a finite planet indefinitely." I'm going to drop that one at a cocktail party and count how many people nod versus sigh.
And it is not an anti-capitalist message. She is not saying that capitalism is the problem. She just sheds light on the fact that lots of the externalized costs of production are both harmful and hidden from view.
I personally think she makes a really good point in saying that one needs to see the "big picture".
We're doing rather well running an exponential system on a finite planet. These people always forget about that enormous ball of radiation continually bombarding us, feeding us, and creating us.
If you do it, also try making the reverse statement to a different group of people. You might find the majority of people nod, in both cases: people often make an effort to be agreeable.