"механизмы саморегулирования
---Ну и бред. Капиталистический запад давно уже отказался от наивного представления об эффективности рыночных механизмов саморегулирования. А уж решать вопросы экологии и распределения ограниченных ресурсов подобными методами... "
И я того же мнения!
Только отказался не запад, а Европа. Америка решила устроить себе пир во время чумы!
Шахматисты (включая Гарри) народ довольно "квадратный". Они мир видят в черно-белом свете. Рыночная экономика-хорошо, плановая-плохо итд.
А ведь не нужно быть гением для того, чтобы понять, что нам грозит экологическая катастрофа именно от "свободной рыночной экономики", которая ориентирована на спрос.
Раньше высокий уровень жизни не рекламировался во всем мире, а теперь через CNN и прочее люди во всем мире вдруг захотели каждое утро принимать душ, покупать стиральные машины, иметь автомобили и телевизоры, итд. Каким нужно быть зашоренным, чтобы не понимать, что American way of life -> way of global death!
А терроризм - это не причина, а следствие.
Разговор о захвате нефтяных скважин Буш начал еще до 1109....
Вот цифры с американского сайта, которые говорят сами за зебя:
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There are good reasons for concern about the environmental impacts of 5 billion people consuming at the level of the developed countries of Europe and North America. Given high economic growth rates in many parts of the world, as well as the rapid spread of electronic media, advertising, and consumer goods, we must ask what kind of consuming future we can expect in areas that are now constrained by poverty and isolation. If everyone develops a desire for the Western high-consumption lifestyle, the relentless growth in consumption, energy use, waste, and emissions may be disastrous. [1]
National Academy of Sciences, Environmentally Significant Consumption (1997)
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To better understand world consumption patterns, it is helpful to divide human population into three distinct classes: the poor, the middle class, and the "consumer class." The poorest fifth of world population-over one billion people-live in abject poverty, surviving on less than a dollar per day. The vast middle class-60 percent of world population-have most of their basic food, shelter and water needs met, live in modest homes with lights, radios, and sometimes a refrigerator and a clothes washer, but own few material possessions and virtually no luxury items. [3]

The average American consumes about fifty-three times more goods and services than someone from China. The United States contains 5 percent of the world's population but accounts for 22 percent of fossil fuel consumption, 24 percent of carbon dioxide emissions, and 33 percent of paper and plastic use. A child born in the United States will create thirteen times as much ecological damage over the course of his or her lifetime than a child born in Brazil. He or she will drain as many resources as thirty-five natives of India. [5] In fact, comparing statistics on actual resource use as opposed to population numbers has led some to suggest that the most overpopulated country on earth -in terms of impact- is the United States.
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Though it is hypocritical to deny to others the luxuries (and even more so the basic necessities) we take for granted, the current ecological crisis will worsen dramatically as the "more is better" definition of the American dream spreads throughout the globe. According to a recent estimate by Mathis Wackernagel, co-author of Our Ecological Footprint, [7] if everyone consumed at the level of the average North American, it would take four extra planets to supply the necessary resources. [8] Globalization and the marketing of the American consumer lifestyle provokes millions of global consumers to suddenly "need" sport utility vehicles, big screen TVs and closets of stuff-something the already overburdened planet can ill-afford.
http://www.newdream.org/intl/
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