So an 18 page research paper on an ethical problem with potential solutions became a 37 page research paper of the american empire and the exploitation of the rest of the world, and how we have to change that, as well as the political make-up of this country, or else we’ll face an apocalypse within America where the empire collapses and all the other countries laugh at us and watch us suffer.
We thought there was still room to grow safely while examining the longer-term options. That may have been true in 1972; but in 1992 it was true no longer.
Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update
I love how melodramatic environmental politics is
