Many Of The Mainstream Agricultural Scientists, Especially

The Greenhouse Crisis Is The Bill Coming Due For The Industrial Revolution. It's Not An Accident. It's The Logical Outcome Of Our World View - The Idea That We Can Control The Forces Of Nature, That We Can Have Short-term Expedient Gains Without Paying For Them, That There Are No Limits To Exploitation Of The Environment, That We Can Produce And Consume Faster Than Nature's Ability To Replenish.

I Think Capitalism Will Not Disappear, But It's Going To Increasingly Not Be The Exclusive Arbiter Of Economic Life. It's Going To Have To Find Value In Interacting With The Sharing Economy On Many Levels. And This Hybrid System That's Already Emerging Among Millennials Is Going To Be A Mature System Where, By Midcentury, Part Of The Day Will Be In The Capitalist Market, Part Of The Day In The Sharing Economy, Depending On Your Marginal Costs.

The Modern Age Has Been Characterized By A Promethean Spirit, A Restless Energy That Preys On Speed Records And Shortcuts, Unmindful Of The Past, Uncaring Of The Future, Existing Only For The Moment And The Quick Fix. The Earthly Rhythms That Characterize A More Pastoral Way Of Life Have Been Shunted Aside To Make Room For The Fast Track Of An Urbanized Existence. Lost In A Sea Of Perpetual Technological Transition, Modern Man And Woman Find Themselves Increasingly Alienated From The Ecological Choreography Of The Planet.

We Now Have An Opportunity, Though, To Do Something We Didn't Do In The Industrial Age, And That Is To Get A Leg Up On This, To Bring The Public In Quickly, To Have An Informed Debate.

President Obama, I Voted For Him. I Think He's A Mature Politician, But Here's What Happened. Obama Wanted A Green Economy. He Spent Billions Of Dollars Of Tax Money To Create A Green Economy And It Didn't Happen. The Question Is Why.