Global warming was: The Nine-spotted

[P. J. Alling]

That's a bullshit statement.  Sustainability is a myth.


William Robb wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "P. J. Alling"
> Subject: Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted
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>> Sadly most people don't seem to understand supply and demand.  It's all
>> a matter of cost.  When prices rise high enough for a commodity suitable
>> replacements are found, or if a less costly alternative exists the
>> substitution will begin if prices simply stay the same.  Oil was
>> substituted for Coal because total costs of using it for energy were
>> lower.  Something will be substituted for Oil when either of those two
>> conditions is met. It's quite likely that the US will go back to Coal
>> for a while, (the US is the Saudi Arabia of Coal), abet with new plants
>> being much cleaner than the old, but the price of Oil in real terms will
>> have to be much higher than it is now.
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> Supply and demand economic models aren't based on sustainability, and as a 
> consequence aren't based on intelligence.
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>> No matter what is causing global warming, (and if it's man made, all the
>> CO2 models, flawed though they may be, show that cutting back on
>> emissions is way to late to make a difference in the short  to mid
>> term).  Rich societies have a much better chance of mitigating any
>> untoward effects of global temperature rises than poor ones, so given
>> that the changes are coming and we can't stop them, it's best to not do
>> anything that will make any societies poorer.  Unfortunately most if not
>> all of the prescriptions to "fix" global warming will do just that.
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> I wouldn't have believed that the best advice a supposedly educated person 
> can give as a solution is to race hell bent for the precipice if I han't 
> read your post.
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> William Robb 
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