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Numeracy: 1. The Art Of Putting Numbers To Things, That Is, Assigning Amounts To Variables In Order That Practical Decisions May Be Reach. 2. That Aspect Of Education (beyond Mere Literacy) Which Takes Account Of Quantitative Aspects Of Reality.

Moreover, The Practical Recommendations Deduced From Ecological Principles Threaten The Vested Interests Of Commerce; It Is Hardly Surprising That The Financial And Political Power Created By These Investments Should Be Used Sometimes To Suppress Environmental Impact Studies.

The Exquisite Sight, Sound, And Smell Of Wilderness Is Many Times More Powerful If It Is Earned Through Physical Achievement, If It Comes At The End Of A Long And Fatiguing Trip For Which Vigorous Good Health Is Necessary. Practically Speaking, This Means That No One Should Be Able To Enter A Wilderness By Mechanical Means.

Education Can Counteract The Natural Tendency To Do The Wrong Thing, But The Inexorable Succession Of Generations Requires That The Basis For This Knowledge Be Constantly Refreshed.

However, I Think The Major Opposition To Ecology Has Deeper Roots Than Mere Economics; Ecology Threatens Widely Held Values So Fundamental That They Must Be Called Religious.