The Resilient World

Minnesota legislator Mike Beard has faith in our resilience, and doesn't think God will let us destroy the planet. In an interview with Minnesota Post reporter Don Shelby, Beard is reported to say that he believes God has created an earth that will provide unlimited natural resources. He is working to overturn Minnesota's moratorium on coal-fired power plants.

" 'It is the height of hubris to think we could [destroy the earth],' Beard told MinnPost, before saying that even devastating nuclear events shouldn't cast doubt on his theory that the earth can always be repaired."

That's a relief! I thought he was going to say something stupid, like that climate change can't devastate our economy and our way of life. In fact, it appears as if nukes could be a corrective. Shall we experiment? Minnesota, we're looking for a volunteer...

Amplify’d from www.minnpost.com

He said: "How did Hiroshima and Nagasaki work out? We destroyed that, but here we are, 60 years later and they are tremendously effective and livable cities. Yes, it was pretty horrible," he said, "But, can we recover? Of course we can." Read more at www.minnpost.com