Is renewable energy the biggest threat to land conservation?

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  Posted by Seanachie (sean a kwi) Tue Oct 6, 2009 9:33am PDT

  quote "There is very little land on earth left in a semi-natural state,..." dont get out much do you? every single person on the face of this planet at this particular time, can fit into 2 counties in Texas giving each person a 4'X4' square. There are hundreds of thousands of square miles of untouched, or at least undeveloped land in every nook and cranny of the world. Have you ever been to Alaska, Tasmania, Australia, South America and a thousand other places? There are places you can go for years without seeing another or any instance that man has been there. I've seen hundreds, perhaps thousands of places where there is no trace of man, or concrete or anything else produced by man. Climb out of the box my friend, try walking through a couple of rain forests, or the tundra, or even the wide open beautiful untouched places in Wisconsin, Texas, Arizona, ya dont have to even leave the U.S. to see some of it.

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  Posted by Mak Wed Oct 7, 2009 11:11am PDT

  yay thats what i wanna do stand shoulder to shoulder in 4x4 square with people. so lets cut down all the rain forrests lay cement were there should be grass buid anything that can built and have a good time.i dont want to see that i like the wide open spaces, land is the one thing thats not being made anymore

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  Posted by JacindaK Wed Oct 7, 2009 8:54pm PDT

  I think if we cut back on some of the unimportant lands, like oil refineries, and nuclear power plants... ect We would have more room... but my friends its about money, it always has been, and when its not about money then we will see faster change... But until then dont expect much unless you have billions of your own dollars you'd like to donate for a good cause, then open your check book and please do us all a favor.

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  Posted by Charles Thu Oct 8, 2009 10:56am PDT

  That renewable energy and land conservation are "at odds" is richly suggestive. What it suggests may be that the deep ecologists are right: our problems on a global scale are not going to be repaired by any quick fix. These issues go at the very heart of "basic questions" about life on earth. Arne Naess and others have proposed we must strive to reduce our overall population and utilize more "non invasive" technologies. Our current views on "lifestyles", political ideologies, may have to be altered in unexpected ways. Ways which we can only dimly perceive now.

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