Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Feed the People!

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urbanfarming.org
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Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture
pasafarming.org
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pbs.org/moyers
dontspraycalifornia.org
thebushagenda.net/article.php?list=type&type=4
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From:
Fossil Foolery - global warming is not a joke
By PB Floyd
slingshot.tao.ca/displaybi.php?0097015
...fossil fuels are extremely cheap and easy solutions to many problems because the cost of using fossil fuels doesn't include the cost of so-called "externalities" -- the term economists give to costs not captured by the market. (This is true even as gas pushes $4 a gallon.) So when you buy a gallon of gasoline or throw your clothes in the dryer on a sunny day -- or when the whole civilization is built on fossil fueled transport, agriculture and electricity -- the cost doesn't include the cost of global warming. Thus, using fossil fuels seems "rational", efficient, easy, labor-saving and cheap -- as long as you only look at the short-term, which is all the current economy can comprehend.

But the Earth is...
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