Re: The Oil We Eat

[Eubulides <paraconsistent@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "John Gulick" <john_gulick@xxxxxxxxxxx>



Yes, this article is a real _tour de force_.

LP said:

>(An extremely important article from the Feb. 2004 Harpers Magazine,
which
>unfortunately is not online. I scanned in the first couple of pages but
>urge everybody to track it down and read the whole thing. It is the first
>time I have seen an attempt to integrate an analysis of the agricultural
>crisis with the energy crisis. All that is needed is to connect all this
to
>the water crisis and you will have the basis for a total ecological
>critique of late capitalist society. Although Manning is something of a
>Deep Ecologist, his understanding of the *science* is unimpeachable. The
>article addresses the question of civilization's roots in agriculture and
>urban society and the conclusion one is left with is that it is
>*unsustainable*. Manning also has a brief article on the Counterpunch
>website on Mad Cow that I also recommend a look at:
>http://www.counterpunch.org/manning01172004.html)

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As luck would have it, there's a most interesting case-study of the
political ecology of water privatization in Buenos Aires I happened on
earlier today that's worth a look in putting together puzzle pieces:

http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~mspadmin/pages/Project_Publications/Journals/Loftus.pdf

Of liquid dreams:
a political ecology of
water privatization in
Buenos Aires
Alexander J Loftus and David A McDonald