[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Re: Towards a sustainable future

[George J. Nesbitt]

A little more moldy sense of humor, eh?
nice translation.


Lawrence Lile wrote:

>"Is it possible that Bush, having squandered all but the dregs of the
>"political capital" he won with his "mandate" of 2004--will try to pawn
>what
>remains of that capital, by jumping on the environmental wagon? "
>
>Naa.  Here is a translation:
>
> "The Nucular [sic] Power Plants we make now will shape our business
>opportunities far into the future. The cities, Nucular power plants and
>homes we build today will either lock us into a damaging pattern of
>Under-consumption, eventually misunderminerating [sic] our society as we
>know it, or they could help us move, not towards utopya, [sic] (who'd
>want that?) but towards a future where oil companies start making
>hydergen [sic] from the scarce fossil fuels that are left, and can wage
>their own wars as effectively as nations can today. If we make the pie
>higher, ah - Fool me once, fool me twice, oh whatever."  
>
> 
> 
>Lawrence Lile
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: greenbuilding-bounces at listserv.repp.org
>[mailto:greenbuilding-bounces at listserv.repp.org] On Behalf Of Alan
>Abrams
>Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 2:59 PM
>To: 'Gary Tuma'; greenbuilding at listserv.repp.org
>Subject: [BULK] Re: [Greenbuilding] Towards a sustainable future
>Importance: Low
>
>Is it possible that Bush, having squandered all but the dregs of the
>"political capital" he won with his "mandate" of 2004--will try to pawn
>what
>remains of that capital, by jumping on the environmental wagon?  
>
>Hope springs eternal...
>
>Alan Abrams  
>
>
>
>< "The choices we make now will shape our opportunities far into the
>future.
>The cities, power plants and homes we build today will either lock us
>into a
>damaging pattern of over-consumption, eventually undermining our society
>as
>we know it, or they could help us move, not towards utopia, but towards
>a
>sustainable future * one that allows us to live in balance with nature."
>  
>
>
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