2/12/12

The Sprawl Versus Nature Fallacy - Get Wise


The typical environmental rap pits nature against sprawl
Get wise
We are not about going back to nature 
Or even assuming that we are to leave the natural world as it is
We are in fact destined to make use of all the resources that exist
When we argue against fossil fuel use
Or sprawling over farm lands with identical developments
It is because such use and such sprawl is  a mindless and harmful use of nature
We will build our car-free cyber communities to be advanced technologically
To use nature inventively
And in the bargain to return land to its natural state
Because it makes sense for us to do so
Not because we venerate nature
Nature is neutral
It is we who determine whether it is ravaged or not
And how we intend to control it



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