"The UN has been a consistent leader in recognizing the ways that biofuels drive up the price of food for the world’s hungry poor, but has failed to grasp the ways that without a conscious untangling, food and energy prices will become even more tightly bound together - potentially leaving billions hungry ... We must prepare for a less-globalized, not more globalized, society
and one struggling with new poverty in new places as climate change and
Peak Oil come together. Human rights of all sorts will be affected by
the changes that are coming. If we do not wish to lose gains because we
are surprised by depletion, we must prepare to hang on to them in a
lower energy society ... There is, at this moment, as far as I know, no comprehensive UN
study on energy resources and their future. This is both a shame and a
scandal – we are preparing for the coming century without a clear
picture of the real problems that beset us. Every nation on earth relies
on UN research and material to make decisions – and that material is
becoming increasingly irrelevant. It is time for the UN to come into the
21st century and recognize that finite resources are truly finite – and
that a clear picture of our limits is essential to our human future. Nearly everyone is failing to take into account the role of geology,
oil and energy limits in their predictions – and we’re racing towards
disaster."
Zum Artikel von Sharon Astyk, erschienen auf Casaubon's Book (22. April 2013) »
Zum Artikel von Sharon Astyk, erschienen auf Casaubon's Book (22. April 2013) »
