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October 23, 2009
Holy. Fucking. Shit.
THIS ISN’T THAT SCENE from The Matrix where Laurence Fishburne says, “we know it was us that scorched the sky,” as he shows Neo for the first time what the “real” world looks like. No, this is our present.
China Hush posts a whole series of disturbing photos depicting industrial pollution in China.
What was it Owen Paine said the other day about simple import substitution?
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Stump Lane 
Saw the photos and felt very sick thinking the price of progress is too high if this is the impact.
indeed. much more “progress” and we’ll all be goners.
The price of progress = the end of progress.
Still, who wants to pay more for plastic toys?
true. you don’t buy those toys because they’re good for the planet, or they’re safe.