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cadfaelReading the Sunday papers and reading the news on CNN's website I was struck by a recurring thought I 've had since I was a kid prowling the streets of Brooklyn, New York.
We produce a wide range of goods and services in this country and in the industrialized world. We have access to the finest minds on the planet. I am mystified, for example, that we cannot produce a subway system in NYC that does not make everyone deaf (over time) caused by the screeching of metal on metal. Or why we allow automobiles and trucks to produce and release so much pollution into the atmosphere.
Put concisely, why don't we design products in a manner that helps the world population live more in harmony with nature. Please don't tell me its the profit motive of business executive like the asshat VP currently in office. That is too easy an answer.
I know that my blood plasma has not yet been fully replaced by coffee yet, so I haven't expressed this so well. But, I would be willing to contact my elected representatives and ask them THE question if we could articulate it properly.
Please have at it, whatcha think?
We produce a wide range of goods and services in this country and in the industrialized world. We have access to the finest minds on the planet. I am mystified, for example, that we cannot produce a subway system in NYC that does not make everyone deaf (over time) caused by the screeching of metal on metal. Or why we allow automobiles and trucks to produce and release so much pollution into the atmosphere.
Put concisely, why don't we design products in a manner that helps the world population live more in harmony with nature. Please don't tell me its the profit motive of business executive like the asshat VP currently in office. That is too easy an answer.
I know that my blood plasma has not yet been fully replaced by coffee yet, so I haven't expressed this so well. But, I would be willing to contact my elected representatives and ask them THE question if we could articulate it properly.
Please have at it, whatcha think?
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But wait! There's good news!
Date: 2004-11-15 05:57 am (UTC)When I first became a vegitarian, the only food I could eat was the stuff I cooked for myself. New there are vegitarian or low fat options on menus of ordinary sandwich shops.
Consumer demand is slowly changing the offerings of businesses that provide goods and services. In my utopia everybody drives a hybrid or rides public transportation, but it's a matter or raised consciousness and personal choice. I want everyone to come to understand that we are raping our planet, poisoning our ecosystems and squandering our natural resources. Just the same, my libertarian side is not so sure I would want to live in a world in which the government limited what businesses are able to offer.