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Arild Jensen wrote:
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>>Ken James wrote:
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>>>And who will be the first to volunteer to fully live that way if there
>>>are other choices? Would you let your kid die because Penicillen is to
>>>high tech? Or would you want to work 10-12 hours a day in a hot bug
>>>infested field trying to grow corn just to keep from starving to death?
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>Roy Pennington replied:
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>>That is not really valid since it's an all or nothing scenario.
>>Select application of technology and knowledge would be possible
>>when living a traditional lifestyle.
>>You'd still have modern medicine. You'd still have modern knowledge.
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>Roy is right. It doesn't have to be all or nothing.
>A good beginning would be a shift from a wasteful consumer society to a more
>conservative society that valued longevity of utility in tools, appliances
>and so on.
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There is nothing preventing those that choose to do so to make the shift
for themselves. Unfortunately many talk the talk but don't walk the
walk, i.e. Al Gore and those rich liberal New England greenies that
didn't want their view spoiled by wind generators.
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