exdeath
Lifer
- Jan 29, 2004
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I don't need a supercharged DOHC V8.
But I certainly want it, it satisfies my pursuit of happiness, and I can afford it, and there is someone willing to burden the cost to produce it and sell it to me.
In the United States of America, land of the free, that is all that matters.
I don't care if it's someone in a third world country making the floor mats for 50 cents an hour, that is their choice. Obviously for them to be doing it, they have decided for themselves that it is better than other alternatives (perhaps 0 cents an hour?). Whoever is doing it obviously has something to gain for themselves in some way or they wouldn't be doing it, or someone else in another situation who sees it as the better alternative in their own situation would be thrilled to do it.
As far as using resources... if something is sticking out of the ground for me to use I am going to use it. I'm not going to leave it in the ground, because you can be sure if I don't make use of it, someone else will. "Gaia" certainly isn't using it. The planet sustains me, not the other way around. And when that ability to sustain diminishes I will make adjustments at that time (ie: if theoretically speaking oil was to run out, then I have no choice but to find an alternative and the problem takes care of itself automatically like any other self balancing cycle in nature that requires no conscious intervention).
As far as conserving,
a) what's the point in prolonging the inevitable?
b) why are people concerned about something being used too much when there is plenty of it and they aren't even interested in having any of it? People are whining about gas prices but there they are buying it, or they are whining about people using it too much like they aren't going to be able to get any, yet they aren't even in line at the pump.
But I certainly want it, it satisfies my pursuit of happiness, and I can afford it, and there is someone willing to burden the cost to produce it and sell it to me.
In the United States of America, land of the free, that is all that matters.
I don't care if it's someone in a third world country making the floor mats for 50 cents an hour, that is their choice. Obviously for them to be doing it, they have decided for themselves that it is better than other alternatives (perhaps 0 cents an hour?). Whoever is doing it obviously has something to gain for themselves in some way or they wouldn't be doing it, or someone else in another situation who sees it as the better alternative in their own situation would be thrilled to do it.
As far as using resources... if something is sticking out of the ground for me to use I am going to use it. I'm not going to leave it in the ground, because you can be sure if I don't make use of it, someone else will. "Gaia" certainly isn't using it. The planet sustains me, not the other way around. And when that ability to sustain diminishes I will make adjustments at that time (ie: if theoretically speaking oil was to run out, then I have no choice but to find an alternative and the problem takes care of itself automatically like any other self balancing cycle in nature that requires no conscious intervention).
As far as conserving,
a) what's the point in prolonging the inevitable?
b) why are people concerned about something being used too much when there is plenty of it and they aren't even interested in having any of it? People are whining about gas prices but there they are buying it, or they are whining about people using it too much like they aren't going to be able to get any, yet they aren't even in line at the pump.
