And some high priests have told falsehoods. Similarly the Shell enterprisal spawns glossy scriptures about community environmental projects that it will fund, while manufacturing some of the Planet s most treacherous chemicals. 4 New gospels have appeared instructing humans how to go green in style. These depict foppish dwellings, tastefully furnished in plain wood and provisioned with all kinds of environmentally-friendly gadgets. Commercial air fresheners bow to ionizers, as if raw breathing-gas is no longer good enough.
Drinking water comes in bottles.
And the old commandment remains unchanged - buy, buy, buy. Saving the planet is being translated into a religion for Earth Children who can afford for it. The god of conspicuous consumption has been refashioned, and money-harvesters now worship frugality with style . When Earthlets discovered they were devouring their planet, they repented. Old gods die hard, fellow Councillors, as I m sure you recall.