tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584699251999622098.post7516400733235210705..comments2024-03-16T09:24:45.474+01:00Comments on 22 Billion Energy Slaves: The Acid Factory ForestJason Heppenstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17886109260870545074noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584699251999622098.post-73692239986827193552012-10-01T22:09:15.142+02:002012-10-01T22:09:15.142+02:00I suppose the implication of 'nature bats last...I suppose the implication of 'nature bats last' is that the game will, in fact, be over and that nature will have 'won' - if there's any game and/or anything to be won. We humans seem to love the idea and fact of games and seem to ascribe gamesmanship to everything, forgetting, of course, that in the 'natural world' whoever 'loses' the 'game' usually gets eaten. Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04410439088299142773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584699251999622098.post-9028850910788099722012-10-01T15:45:06.315+02:002012-10-01T15:45:06.315+02:00So it goes ...So it goes ...Jason Heppenstallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17886109260870545074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584699251999622098.post-47016788192258905042012-10-01T15:44:41.728+02:002012-10-01T15:44:41.728+02:00I'd say that we're batting at the same tim...I'd say that we're batting at the same time as nature, playing a game we don't know the rules of (but which nature makes).<br /><br />Eventually, when we've lost, we'll realise it wasn't a game.Jason Heppenstallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17886109260870545074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584699251999622098.post-16808150504912024562012-10-01T15:42:34.980+02:002012-10-01T15:42:34.980+02:00Hi Jeffrey - yeah, it seems to me that the more &#...Hi Jeffrey - yeah, it seems to me that the more 'worthy' the cause, the greater the opportunity for carte blanche destruction. Justification is the name of the game - in the example I cited in this post it's all about creating 'nature reserves' and planting trees - oh, and they are building a massive aquarium next to it as well. <br /><br />Jason Heppenstallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17886109260870545074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584699251999622098.post-34917617302791946482012-10-01T02:11:45.607+02:002012-10-01T02:11:45.607+02:00To quote Martin, Nature may bat last, but once it ...To quote Martin, Nature may bat last, but once it does, the game will be effectively over.<br /><br />Soon to be published on the Doomstead Diner.William Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584699251999622098.post-36484027030621929812012-09-29T18:49:05.665+02:002012-09-29T18:49:05.665+02:00Stupidity reigns supreme over much of the world. ...Stupidity reigns supreme over much of the world. While shedding a tear remember, however, that Nature bats last - always....Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04410439088299142773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584699251999622098.post-3355086906228892952012-09-29T15:45:00.735+02:002012-09-29T15:45:00.735+02:00Same here. The hill above us (south-central Penns...Same here. The hill above us (south-central Pennsylvania) was never suitable for farming; someone's herd of pigs were the only visitors in the forest 100 years ago. A grappler, the machine you describe, ripped out the hardwood and coniferous trees a few years ago, and McMansions were built over the whole area. Now only barking dogs instead of deer, fox, groundhogs, and turtles. TripleGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06057036500299186500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5584699251999622098.post-90434044282190273052012-09-29T11:09:52.379+02:002012-09-29T11:09:52.379+02:00Good post. I feel your anguish.
Unfortunately, th...Good post. I feel your anguish.<br /><br />Unfortunately, this sort of thing is to be found everywhere. In my home city back in Canada (Winnipeg), they decided one fine day to permit a vast expanse of empty prairie land in the south-west of the city to be developed as more suburbia while the rest of the city is neglected. Suburban development is good for business and justifies the existence of numerous government employees and officials (and they can hire more people at the same time). To hell with the quiet prairie landscape. We killed all the bison there long ago anyway.<br /><br />Here in Taiwan you see a lot of hypocrisy where Buddhist organizations will decimate a mountain jungle to build a shiny new temple complex while praising themselves for using the air conditioning sparingly and encouraging everyone to bring their own reusable chopsticks. Or they'll decimate a landscape to build a new university which hardly anyone will attend and then teach "environmental ethics".<br /><br />It'll get worse before it gets better. Countries like China are leading the way to our ecological downfall:<br /><br />Weapons of Urban Destruction<br />http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/08/13/weapons_of_mass_urban_destructionJeffrey Kotykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11466850119342584826noreply@blogger.com