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From David’s First Reflections

“Pilgrims, now you have seen

empirical evidence for two of the

claims I have made in the Friday
afternoon seminars of weeks past. …

[the claim that] centralised systems
are no longer appropriate for the size

of the human population in general,
and in particular because of the
effects these systems have on the

environment. We saw the constant

flow of sewerage and plastic-laden
water into only one of several
wastewater treatment works in the

area. But that water contained more
than just plastics. It contained all

sorts of chemical poisons and heavy
metals, that, along with the plastics,

get pumped into the ocean. This is

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