OTB I do take your point into consideration.

I am not railing against investment or the profits that come from venture capital.

We have witnessed the economic train wreck that the likes of communism delivered .......and the nationalization of key industries in a free market economy such as Britain in the 1960’s and 1970’s had delivered.

OTB my response to David was regarding his depopulation scenario...............getting rid of people will not redistribute wealth and resources..it will not make the remaining population less prone to conflict over the resource. Right now we can feed every mouth on this planet, but we don’t...........and the means to do so is owned by 5% of the globes population.

OTB I have no love of the Fabians or the Bankers. Westpac announced a 7 billion profit today.........in an economy where coal mining is down by 16% and ore is down by 7% against 2012/13.

Poirot>> but not the wisdom to moderate our activities.<<

Wisdom like Pol Pot dear Poirot?..........how do we regress from a system that has growth as a foundation to its existence.......growth consumes resource........we could go to year zero like Pol Pot but without the butchery.

As I said to David, the means and the control needed to bring about a real dawning of Aquarius for humanity is owned by the 5%.....and they aint handing it over.......they are about growth...their growth not ours.

"Wisdom like Pol Pot dear Poirot?....."

What a stupid response...dear sonofgloin.

Poirot>> What a stupid response...dear sonofgloin.<<

C’mon Poirot dear...there is nothing wrong with using Pol Pot.

You said:
"Our species "is" unique in having such a detrimental effect and causing the extinction of "so many" fellow species in the relatively short space of time that has accompanied our industrial and mechanical advances."

Pol Pot said:
"We strive for a classless peasant society, technology and mechanisation is our enemy it saps the life from the earth"

P, by wearing the blame in your statement...and your perspective on green issues I would expect you be in favour of a less energy dependant lifestyle such as Pol Pot extolled......can’t see why you would get nasty over that...........I qualified “without” the butchery in my first post.

sonofgloin,

The two key words in my sentence that you quoted were "wisdom" and "moderate".

How do you get from that to:

"Pol Pot said:
"We strive for a classless peasant society, technology and mechanisation is our enemy it saps the life from the earth" ?

sonofgloin,

My mistake and my misunderstanding, sorry.