Inspirer of Earth Day Dispels Environmental Myths
Here are seven new rules to live by, by Stewart Brand, who put the first picture of the planet on the cover of his “Whole Earth Catalog” in 1968:
- It’s the climate, stupid.
- You can never not do just one thing.
- “Let them eat organic” is not a global option.
- Frankenfood, like Frankenstein, is fiction.
- “Green” energy hasn’t done much for greenery — or anything else.
- “New Nukes” is the new “No Nukes.”
- We are as gods and have to get good at it.
Industry and regulators are finally figuring out that very small, nuclear reactors could be used to create power plants just for communities. As the need grew, more units could be connected in series. Toshiba has one model that totally self-contained, as does another company.
I have always thought that organic foods were bunk. And although the idea of GMO’s is sort of scary, I can’t imagine starving people refusing to eat them.
Environmentalism is chock full of myths. I’m surprised that there are only seven here.
any relation to Simon Herrick from Wotton-Under-Edge ?