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  You missed the

  most sustainable group in Cleveland...  E4S!On Can Cleveland bring itself back from the brink? posted 1 year, 5 months ago 7 Responses

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  According to...

  the American Road & Transportation Builders Association?!

  And?!

  Hmm, less funds for highways, maybe less extraction of resources for asphalt and concrete, maybe less roads repaired, maybe less driving...

  We gotta do better than "Jobs, jobs, jobs!!"...unless you had a different assumption underlying that post.On McCain and Clinton: job killers posted 1 year, 6 months ago 6 Responses

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  actually jonas

  if you examine what's happened to our agricultural system in the past 100 years, it's the "agricultural experts" that are exactly the trouble.

  once you begin treating the soil as a resource to be extracted, the clock measuring its useful life has started to tick.On What's causing the sudden run-up in food prices? posted 1 year, 6 months ago 39 Responses

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  Good God

  Anything is politically possible.

  Politics are on our side of the human/natural equation...

  I'm getting really, really tired about hearing about political impossibilities.  Those are illusions not worth chasing.
  On The 14 wedges needed to stabilize emissions posted 1 year, 6 months ago 28 Responses

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  I agree with you both

  Stern deserves credit for admitting his mistake, something that economists almost never seem to do.  Especially as they almost always prove themselves wrong.

  But I agree with Wolverine's primary point...economists should not be making the science/policy/action decisions on their flawed cost/benefit analysis.

  One day that'll mean geo-engineering because a few economists think it's the "lowest cost" solution.

  The world of nature doesn't acknowledge our human view of economics.  On Nicholas Stern says climate change worse than he thought posted 1 year, 6 months ago 4 Responses