The Last Hours Of Ancient Sunlight Pdf
For more than a hundred thousand years, tribes generally lived peacefully and sustainably until the arrival of the dominant culture of city-states. With that premise in mind, Hartmann spends most of the second chapter describing a somewhat romantic version of tribal lives, elaborating on what he believes is the true meaning of freedom and spirituality. He parts from the scientific tone of the first chapter, focusing more on a narrative that sounds more like story telling. And despite his experience with the subject and the research he has evidently done, most arguments are plausible but not necessarily true, which is understandable in a way, given the scarcity of information about ancient tribes. Nevertheless, Hartmann pinpoints the essential features of tribal life and its sustainable model correctly.
He states that by using 'current sunlight,' the earth could support maybe 1/2 to 1 billion people. And the increase in our bloated population is conributing to our environmental problems. Here's a Gore vidal quote used in the book: 'Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the [parasite] dies, or both die.' The author also discusses our view of nature.
Metal slug anthology psp. I wonder if this book is outdated, since its overall directive has been largely ignored since, in practice anyway. It was written around the time that more awareness was dawning, that concern about eventual fossil fuel shortage and the collapse of civilization as we know it, along with fervent hope for overcoming, was emerging.
The Last Hours Of Ancient Sunlight
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If you want an in-depth discussion of the state of the world, everything from our use of fossil fuels to how the love of Americans for burgers leads to deforestation to the issues decreasing diversity to how loggers replanting trees still leaves gaps in the water cycle to antibiotics in meats, check it out. Read, challenge, ponder. One of the few books I ever read that made me want to throw it away as far as possible because it angered the hell out of me. But since it was on my iPAD, I didn't. The guy has such an annoying way of combining facts that aren't even remotely linked just to prove his point. Like on location 1074: 'While we’re accumulating wealth and consuming resources at this incredible rate, thousands of people die from hunger worldwide every hour.'