2 ms·
I really enjoy how articles and conversations like this tend to take place in a universe parallel to the one where the extraction and burning of fossil fuels, e
by beatpanda 12y ago
I really enjoy how articles and conversations like this tend to take place in a universe parallel to the one where the extraction and burning of fossil fuels, especially from "unconventional" sources, has grave environmental and social consequences. As if we can compartmentalize the economy and our environmental and social ecology as separate, non-intersecting concerns.
- wazoox 12y agoExactly. The "boon" of unconventional oil looks like a catastrophe to me: http://photo.capital.fr/l-enorme-desastre-ecologique-du-petrole-bitumeux-2658 http://photo.capital.fr/l-enorme-desastre-ecologique-du-petr... Actually it should remind us of "the limit to growth" book: the meeting point of pollution and lack of resources will destroy us.