Re: Power and civilization

[email protected] Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:26:29 -0500 (EST)

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Twas in Last And First Men, by Olaf Stapledon, I think, where all future  
civilizations had their power based upon alcohol. Nothing stored from the 
past  was left.
 
 
In a message dated 11/29/2012 12:58:45 P.M. US Mountain Standard Tim,  
net_democracy-/[email protected] writes:

The  measure of a civilization could be said to be it's consumption of 
energy and  how it uses resources.  Conspicuous v. sustainable...   

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