A new article by the New York times insists that contrary to popular belief, the more wealthy and prosperous a nation is the more ecologically friendly they become. It presumes that as a country develops and industrializes it adapts cleaner forms of energy and living practices which amount to less environmental impact. Apparently this author has no interest in statistics.

12% of the worlds population reside in America where 60% of the world energy is used. In the process they cause 53 times the environmental damage as average Chinese person, 35 times as much as an Indian person etc.

If everyone was as technologically advanced as the US we would be monumentally more screwed then we are now, and this isnt because technology is bad, rather its because its poorly managed and commonly stifled for the purpose of profit and industry. This is because the scientific trajectory towards the developing efficient ways of living is impeded by the market industrial complex, which amounts to a restriction of clean energy for the sake of profit. It may be that we move to cleaner forms of energy as we become more advanced, but we end up using 30 times as much. So in reality our lack of moral progress isnt conducive to this argument. Published by the same media agency who staunchly defends a unified taxation regime in order to ration fossil fuels, the New York Times is telling people its ok to have your cake and eat it too. All we have to do is get the rest of the world consuming like we do and everything will be ok!!! RIGHT!!! In their attempts to reconcile the fake oppressive economic system with the very real environment Ziovision insists that its developing countries who need to start consuming 30 times more clean energy in order to save the planet. Never will you see the media promoting reduced consumption, the green movement simply migrates our addiction into other economical viable markets.

The following video debunks the absurd suggestion that the more refined consumer is better for the environment.

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Interesting documentary about the legal aspects of copyrighting genetic material.

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Over 1,500 farmers in an Indian state committed suicide after being driven to debt by crop failure, it was reported today.

The agricultural state of Chattisgarh was hit by falling water levels.

"The water level has gone down below 250 feet here. It used to be at 40 feet a few years ago," Shatrughan Sahu, a villager in one of the districts, told Down To Earth magazine

"Most of the farmers here are indebted and only God can save the ones who do not have a bore well."

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Environmental Meddling Can Offset Consequence of Environmental Meddling

In the spirit of making matters worse, a gameplan has been proposed to tackle the issue of the receding icecaps and increased global temperatures in attempt popularize the notion of impending doom if we dont bow to the "unified global taxation regime" to be devised in its name. Many believe global warming  is a product of a natural cycle of the sun, considering human contribution to global Co2 has been estimated at about 3%, among other notable facts. As I have said before I believe that the global warming debate is overshadowing the more explicable issues related to our environment. Obama's science adviser (s) have proposed an alternative to changing our over consumptive, depressing lifestyles. Simply, add a bunch of pollutants to the atmosphere to reflect the suns light. Right. Some proposals even suggesting putting objects in outer space which would reflect the suns light.

Thankfully this is being proposed as a last resort. As if it hadn't  already been thoroughly proven that any anthropogenic approach to dealing with ecological issues inevitably backfires. Whether its treeplanting, species introduction or the like, our meddling with the natural ecosystem cannot possibly work, as too many other variables are not proportionately adjusted. This is a plan that is not very likely to be implemented, as it would be too controversial, particularly with deep ecologists, its just put their to intensify our fears, religiously.

That said, the ice caps are melting, and if you can afford one of the fuel efficient cars that are purposely made unaffordable then by all means!

Western nations must depopulate the world that isnt exceeding its consumption limits so it can

"We need to CONTINUE to decrease the growth rate of the global population; the planet cant support any more people"

Oh... so let me get this straight an American political adviser has confessed that a depopulation agenda is and has been underway on mainstream media, and no one contemplates what this means? Sounds about right I reckon. One shouldn't care to ask how America (a country with no official depopulation policy of its own asides its vilification of octomom) would be involved with a global population agenda... Much less the fact that the large majority of destructive ecological practices serve the ends of multinational business interests, whose ownership is by and large western.

Considering India consumes 1/30th as much as the average 'westerner' (fuck I hate this word), and African poverty isn't even on the map, perhaps the headline should read western consumption exceeds environmental limits. But clearly this wouldn't be conducive to the fake economies fantasy of endless growth.

Its humans that are the scourge, and not their behaviors, attitudes and beliefs... FAIL!

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