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   Leszek Karlik to All   
   Re: Powerful Societies (finally changing   
   24 Jan 14 11:30:50   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: leszek.karlik@gmail.com   
      
   On Fri, 24 Jan 2014 01:18:49 +0100, J. Clarke    
   wrote:   
      
   [...]   
   > "Entrenched wealth"? The big problem is not "entrenched wealth" fighting   
   > "change", it's the greenies acting as pimples on the collective ass of   
   > progress.   
      
   Giant petroleum corporations are funding media campaigns which sow   
   doubt concerning global warming, just like earlier giant tobacco   
   companies were funding media campaigns casting doubt on the idea   
   that tobacco causes lung cancer.   
      
   It's entrenched wealth that's been fighting a rearguard action against   
   the widespread adoption of better energy sources, nuclear, solar etc.   
      
   --   
   Leszek 'Leslie' Karlik   
   http://leslie.hell.pl/   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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