By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian, 24th March 2009
Whenever you hear the word miracle, you know there's trouble just around
the corner. But however many times they lead to disappointment or
disaster, the newspapers never tire of promoting miracle cures, miracle
crops, miracle fuels and miracle financial instruments. We have a
bottomless ability to disregard the laws of economics, biology and
thermodynamics when we encounter a simple solution to complex problems.
So welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the new miracle. It's a low-carbon
regime for the planet which makes the Atkins Diet look healthy:
woodchips with everything......