Steven,
Goals are not always reached thats why we have the word failure.
Also, some goals are at cross purposes so to achieve one you have to
give up on another. Finally, are you aware of the definition of
infinite.
Steve
---Steven Bissell wrote:
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Friday, November 06, 1998 4:34 PM
> Subject: Re: Perceptions of sustainability
>
>
>
> (snip)
> >Sorry I was being a tad sarcastic, I thought it was obvious, sorry
for
> >the confusion. Are you now advocating a "no pollution goal"? I
think
> >that such a goal would have an extremely high cost, perhaps a cost so
> >high as to be considered infinite. Of course this makes the
> >impracticality of a pollution permit trading scheme seem almost
> >ridiculously simple by comparison.
> >
>
> Yes, same as I'd propose a "no crime goal." Goals are always
reached, that's
> why they are called "goals."
>
> So what if it costs a lot? Where does it say in Darwin that ecology
should
> be effecient?
>
> Steven J. Bissell
> http://www.du.edu/~sbissell
> http://www.responsivemanagement.com
> Our human ecology is that of a rare species of mammal
> in a social, omnivorous niche. Our demography is one of
> a slow-breeding, large, intelligent primate.
> To shatter our population structure, to become abundant
> in the way of rodents, not only destroys our ecological
> relations with the rest of nature, it sets the stage
> for our mass insanity.
> Paul Shepard
>
>
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