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Forget seven generations

Posted on August 16, 2008

By Joseph Romm In every deliberation we must consider the impact on the seventh generation ... even if it requires having skin as thick as the bark of a pine, goes the Great Law of the Iroquois. If you embrace liquid coal, however, it is quite safe to say there is only one generation you are thinking of. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms -- greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge -- has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed -- you mark my words -- will not only sa...

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