US population: 304 million, 486 thousand*
US births annually: 4 million, 354 thousand
that's a lot of i pods, cell phones, laptops, cars, seven jeans, and 3000 sf homes
...and a lot of resources. where do they come from? and who really pays?
* prb.org
Excellent points.
ReplyDeleteWho pays? We all do. Did you hear about the Antarctic ice shelf collapsing, and the relatively free Arctic circle? Too depressing.
ReplyDeleteEat drink and be merry, for tomorrow.....
based on the amount of comments on this post, i must have said something offensive.
ReplyDelete...and a lot of resources. where do they come from?
ReplyDeleteThese days, probably mostly China.
...and who really pays?
Certainly not those of us who are buying everything at Wal-Mart or Dollarama.
Maybe it's not so much who, pays, but rather what pays. All this stuff we're buying is being produced in factories that are raping the world of its resources and then excreting the smoke and waste into the atmosphere, land and water. So maybe it's the environment that is "paying."
And as long as the environment keeps paying, we're eventually all going to pay -- as unimaginable as that may be to those who are still driving their Hummers and living in 3000 sf homes.
ReplyDeleteno seven jeans, here. :)
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