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Folks . Check out the Govt's Sustainable Development Commission's terminal statement at: http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/presslist.php/119/what-next-for-sustainable- development Quite something that this should have happened. I have heard it said that they - especially after the brilliant Prosperity Without Growth report - were upsetting people intent on growth. Could such a thing be true, I wonder? Apropos where Govt stands on evading/massaging its carbon targets by export to China, see Monbiot's latest at: http://www.monbiot.com/2011/05/23/pass-the-parcel/ Monbiot's getting huge stick just now because of his changed position on nuclear. Whatever one thinks of his views, I have to say that I have yet to see the stick that can equal his integrity. Lastly, 100+ people dead in the Deep South from the twister yesterday. Hundreds more a couple of weeks ago. Vast areas under water. Yet here, where April was the hottest ever recorded, it is treated as a minor news item: nobody any more seems to be mentioning "climate change" any more. The madcap fundamentalists said the world was going to end last week. Always a joy for the Dawkins squad to find a case study of "Christians" acting bonkers. It was fascinating to see how the story went viral, initially on the web and then in the mainstream news media. It seemed to me like one of those tribal rituals where the real fear is fended off, is held in a way that seems containable, by putting on a wee pretendy ritual: and, lo and behold, it's all OK after all. We don't need worry about devastation scenarios because they're all a hoax anyway, except in the US Deep South where it doesn't matter because they're all black, or poor white trash descended from the Irish. Ethologists call it displacement activity. I'll call it displacement reporting. Alastair. ******************************************************** * Website: <http://www.alastairmcintosh.com/> www.AlastairMcIntosh.com * * Email: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] * * Alastair McIntosh * 26 Luss Road * Drumoyne * Glasgow G51 3YD * Scotland * Tel: +44 (0)141 445 8750 * * Quick web links: <http://www.alastairmcintosh.com/books.htm> My Books <http://www.alastairmcintosh.com/publications.htm> Articles <http://www.alastairmcintosh.com/work.htm> Work *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~