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11/3/2012<br />

1 scoping panel only consider statistics, which implies<br />

2 that logic should reign throughout <strong>the</strong>se proceedings.<br />

3 But continually pursuing consumption of resources<br />

4 based on <strong>the</strong> infinite growth model on a finite planet<br />

5 is absurd at best, and certainly not logical.<br />

6 None<strong>the</strong>less, <strong>the</strong>re is a logic grid<br />

7 representing whe<strong>the</strong>r global warming and climate change<br />

8 is true or false, and <strong>the</strong>n if we take action or not.<br />

9 There is also a concept called right<br />

10 livelihood, which basically means doing no harm.<br />

11 Weapons manufacture isn't in this category, nor is<br />

12 environmental destruction through attrition or<br />

13 o<strong>the</strong>rwise.<br />

14 Please consider right logic and right<br />

15 livelihood. A Sunday pastor of a congregation might<br />

16 say, "Consider your soul." Well, <strong>for</strong> me my soul is<br />

17 directly liked to a healthy environment. Clean air<br />

18 and water legislation were implemented in <strong>the</strong> 1970s,<br />

19 yet we still continue to have polluted air, soil and<br />

20 water because of corporate investment interests.<br />

21 o-O-o<br />

22 MARC FORLENZA: Hello. My name is Marc<br />

23 Forlenza. I'm a resident here on Friday Harbor. I'm<br />

24 also a businessman. I was past commander of <strong>the</strong><br />

25 Friday Harbor Power Squadron, which is part of<br />

Seattle Deposition Reporters, LLC www.seadep.com * (206) 622-6661 * (800) 657-1110 Page: 23

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