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Posted on: April 2, 2007 11:00 AM, by Jeremy

"I want to make it clear, if there is ever a conflict (between environmental quality and economic growth), I will go for beauty, clean air, water, and landscape."

-Jimmy Carter, 1976

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I was at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum this past weekend and was struck by how little progress, nay how we have gone BACKWARDS since Jimmy Carter started his initiatives in the environment and energy conservation (remember Ronald Reagan removing the solar panels from the White House?) Why are we still driving cars that get under 30 mpg - no better than cars in the 1970's? It's appalling.

Posted by: Sara | April 2, 2007 4:35 PM

A deeper question yet is why are we still happy to embrace a culture that is so deeply based on the automobile and the "freedom" it bestows? Why can we not look at the REAL costs of the availability of cheap goods, the increasing inability to make our own food, the unwillingness to place even an iota of trust in our neighbors, etc?

As I read recently (and believe) - People are not the scourge of the planet. The culture that has taken over 99.9 percent of the world's populace is the scourge. People have been around for a whole lot longer than they've been wrecking the place!

Yes - I just read some Daniel Quinn. I'm not saying I came up with this stuff myself, but it's no less true.

I love these little clips. Thanks.

Posted by: thingfish23 | April 4, 2007 5:08 PM