[solarguy]

"What about the long-term plan, when we still have oil (and the technology not to have to use it), and they all need it?"


There is some fairly serious discussion going on about how much energy it will take to convert to an economy that doesn't float on fossil petroleum. Some calculate that we have enough energy left to build enough solar panels and windmills (for example) so that we could have a decent and sustainable lifestyle that looks something like what we have now.

Others do the math and think we are already passed the tipping point. Even if we ran as fast as we could toward the perfectly balance eco solution to everything, there's not enough available energy to pull it off. If these people are right, we're headed back to the advanced stone age and the population of the world will drop by 90-99% in the next hundred years. That's your kids and grandkids we're talking about.

The system is big enough, and complex enough, there's probably nobody that can say with certainty who is really right.

So, in short, you people are missionaries. Or early adopters if you don't like the religious analogy. Or the marketing branch of humanity. If you convince enough people to save enough energy in their cars and their houses, your own grandkids might not starve to death.

No pressure...


Finest regards,

troy