{"id":434,"date":"2014-10-22T19:54:54","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T19:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=434"},"modified":"2014-10-22T19:54:54","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T19:54:54","slug":"overpopulation-behind-climate-change-and-peak-oil-transition-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=434","title":{"rendered":"Overpopulation behind climate change and peak oil \u2014 Transition Voice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overpopulation behind climate change and peak oil \u2014 Transition Voice<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"overpopulation\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Garrett Hardin was a lad who not only thought a lot, but could also think well. I recently discovered a Hardin book I had not heard of,\u00a0The Ostrich Factor: Our Population Myopia<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(1998). Hardin was an interesting blend of an ecological conservative, and a growth-hating political conservative who detested economists. I hoped that this book would provide fresh insights on the huge and difficult problem of overpopulation.<\/p>\n

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Scared off<\/h3>\n

After\u00a0Living Within Limits<\/em><\/a>\u00a0was published in 1993, critics noted that Hardin complained about overpopulation, but failed to provide a remedy. Hardin admitted that he had been intimidated by the explosive taboo on the subject, which incinerates every dreamer who blunders into it, foolishly preaching common sense. Hence, the ostrich factor \u2014 never touch 800-volt issues that are surrounded by large piles of scorched skeletons. You can\u2019t win, so bury your head in the sand, and have a nice day!<\/p>\n

There is a widespread fantasy, drilled into us by cultural myths, that our society is guided by reason and elevated moral principles. It\u2019s silly nonsense, but we have a hard time seeing this.<\/p>\n

– See more at: http:\/\/transitionvoice.com\/2014\/10\/overpopulation-and-the-ostrich-factor\/#sthash.CDHTqZ5M.dpuf<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Overpopulation behind climate change and peak oil \u2014 Transition Voice. Garrett Hardin was a lad who not only thought a lot, but could also think well. I recently discovered a Hardin book I had not heard of,\u00a0The Ostrich Factor: Our Population Myopia\u00a0(1998). Hardin was an interesting blend of an ecological conservative, and a growth-hating political […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[394,486,606],"class_list":["post-434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-hardin","tag-limits-to-growthgarrett-hardin","tag-overpopulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}