> People I had thought were on my side were arguing aggressively for the industrializing of wild places in the name of human desire. ... Motorway through downland: bad. Wind power station on downland: good. Container port wiping out estuary mudflats: bad. Renewable hydropower barrage wiping out estuary mudflats: good. Destruction minus carbon equals sustainability.
Exactly right. The industrialization of wild places to satisfy the luxury beliefs of coastal elites is sickening.
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Pray.
Exactly right. The industrialization of wild places to satisfy the luxury beliefs of coastal elites is sickening.