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Re: “In The Future, Al Gore warns readers of cliffs far more precarious than fiscal ones”

Human beings are making such extraordinary demands on the environment that the natural cycles can no longer provide a seemingly unlimited supply of resources. Our rate of borrowing has become too great. Tropical forests are being cut at a rapid rate for their timber or to make new agricultural land. The fertility of soils in many parts of the world is being depleted by poor agricultural practices. Species and their habitats are being destroyed by human activity at a rate never experienced before. There is overuse of the renewable resources-air, water, food, timber- but of nonrenewable resources as well. The minerals and fossil fuels that have become the basis of civilization are being consumed at a rate that ensure their depletion before many more generations have passed. -Science as a way of knowing-John A. Moore, Intro page 2.

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Posted by kennedy on 05/21/2013 at 4:49 PM

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