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There Are A Lot Of Signs. One Of The Things That Makes Me Most Nervous Is The Disappearance Of The Frogs. They're Going Downhill All Over The Planet. Frogs Are Susceptible To All Kinds Of Problems, Because They Require Water To Breed And Their Skin Is Very Porous. Their Condition Is Nerve Racking.

In Ten Years [i.e., 1980] All Important Animal Life In The Sea Will Be Extinct. Large Areas Of Coastline Will Have To Be Evacuated Because Of The Stench Of Dead Fish.

I See Harm Reduction As A Way Of Engaging People As Part Of That Path To Recovery.

Organisms Are Starting To Move In Response To Climate Change All Over The Place. Bees Are Disappearing And We Don't Have Many Of The Native Pollinators Left To Replace Them. We're In Deep Trouble; There's No Question About It. But Ecologists Tend To Think Of Something That's Going To Be Bad In Ten Years As Very Fast, And Of Course, Politicians Only Think Of Things In A Two-, Four-, Six-year Cycle.

It Turns Out The Population Issue Is An Easier Thing To Deal With Than The Consumption Issue. Some Obvious Extremes In Consumption We Can Deal With. The Standard Cure For A Stuttering Economy Is To Go Out And Buy An Suv And Three More Refrigerators. That's Obviously Not The Way To Go.