consumption

"Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler" (Green media cherries-Reprint )

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/weekinreview/27bittman.html

January 27, 2008
The World
Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler
By MARK BITTMAN

A SEA change in the consumption of a resource that Americans take for granted may be in store -- something cheap, plentiful, widely enjoyed and a part of daily life. And it isn't oil.

The Baby Boomers Who Gobbled Up the Earth

"How will future generations condemn the Baby Boomer generation for consuming the Earth's resources?"

Wait a minute. What about their kids -- us?! Pass me that new iPod and shut up!

Not my original thought -- original here -- but it has crossed my mind, as when I asked the blonde 50 something manager at my FranklinCovey store what she thought about "peak oil." Her response: "I don't want to talk about it."

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