7.15.2002

WWF
"In a damning condemnation of Western society's high consumption levels, (a study by the World Wildlife Fund) adds that extra planets, the equivalent size of Earth, will be required by the year 2050 as existing resources are exhausted."
The Observer.

What amazes me about this is not that I'm going to have to leave the Earth when I'm 81, or that "North Atlantic's cod stocks have collapsed from an estimated spawning stock of 264,000 tonnes in 1970 to under 60,000 in 1995", or even that WWF uses the terribly stupid WWW.PANADA.ORG as its URL.

What amazes me is the intelligent conversation going on in The Observer's discussion room associated with the article. They're discussing the Kyoto Protocol and atmospheric CO2 levels. Equivalent American discussion groups usually read like a Jerry Springer transcript.

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