http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/16/martin-ferguson-in-a-parallel-universe-or-just-the-real-world/ now with extra source Sat, 25 May 2013 23:29:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/16/martin-ferguson-in-a-parallel-universe-or-just-the-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-228476 Daniel Ruben Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:13:34 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=331500#comment-228476 I lived for two years in Melbourne without a fridge and survived ok - in an era before the internet even existed let alone smartphones; and have never owned or driven a car. I also lived for a couple of years in impoverished 3rd-tier Chinese cities. Fact is, we're in ivory towers up here with our worlds surrounded by gadgets consuming dirty electricity. Other people want a life too. As long as one coal fired power station exists in Australia, we're just Pharisees. I lived for two years in Melbourne without a fridge and survived ok - in an era before the internet even existed let alone smartphones; and have never owned or driven a car. I also lived for a couple of years in impoverished 3rd-tier Chinese cities. Fact is, we’re in ivory towers up here with our worlds surrounded by gadgets consuming dirty electricity. Other people want a life too. As long as one coal fired power station exists in Australia, we’re just Pharisees.

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