From: Gary Wiltshire 

On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 21:39:29 -0400, Judy Folkenberg
 wrote:

>
>
>Gene McAloon wrote:
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>> >> Intelligent forms of life can control their environment
and it suggests
an
>> unwarranted pessimism to suppose they are going to annihilate themselves in
the
>> process.
>
>I disagree a bit Gene.  Greed can trump intelligence more often than not.  If
>there's more money to be made by trashing the environment I think that will
happen.
>Yes, western man's intelligent ingenuity  can solve many problems, but...
>
>Judy
>
>>
>>
You forget that pollution control and other ameliorative environmental
policies can *create* opportunity and new wealth.  Note that the western
democracies are and were far ahead of the USSR and the PRC in environmental
protection.

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