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From: [e-mail] (Melchar)
Newsgroups: phl.misc,pa.general,alt.conspiracy,alt.activism,talk.politics.misc
Subject: Re: al gore's scientific proof
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Date: 8 Oct 92 15:17:29 GMT
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>  The dust jacket on senator al gore's 1992 best seller, EARTH IN THE BALANCE,
> tels us that vice presidential nominee "is now convinced that the engines of
> human civilization have brought us to the brink of catastrphe." We are also
> told what we should do aboutit: "In this brave and provocatve book Gore
> argues that only a radical rethinking o our releationship with nature can
> save the earth's  ecology." Then we are informed that "some politicians and
> business leaders still insist  the threat isn't real." The commentary on this
> sensational come on finally assures us, "Gore proves it thatis."
>    So there you have it[ "The environmental champion of the U.S senate
> demonstrates in his 400 page book that we earthlings face catastrphe of our
> own doing. There's no doubt about the impending doom: Gore "proves it"
                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    Hmm, and _if_ we do manage to get a handle on the ecology -- to keep
catastrophe from occuring -- the forces of entropy will just have to
think of some _other_ way of wiping us out.  Giant meteors, maybe.