Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming.

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• Garrett Hardin:

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  An attack on values is inevitably seen as an act of subversion.

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  A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obligation to make sacrifices for the f

• Garrett Hardin:

  Continuity is at the heart of conservatism: ecology serves that heart.

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• Garrett Hardin:

  In a finite world this means that the per capita share of the world's goods must steadily decrease.

• Garrett Hardin:

  A finite world can support only a finite population; therefore, population growth must eventually e

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  The optimum population is, then, less than the maximum.

• Garrett Hardin:

  Incommensurables cannot be compared.