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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
If you agree that we should conserve our carbon fuels -- because we know they will run out fairly soon anyway -- then we are on the same page. Anthropomorphic climate change comes from burning a lot of nonrenewable carbon fuels; pure and simple.
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No, we don't know that peak oil will come with any certainty. It was supposed to come last decade, then a few years ago. Now they're saying it's going to be a few years from now. Nobody knows for certain.
What I do know is that making things more efficient is the right thing to do, because waste is something that should be minimized whenever possible. And throughout recorded history, having centrally planned ideas executed by a powerful few has never resulted in more efficiency.
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
So, we need to do the conservative thing and err on the side of caution -- and that will accomplish both necessary goals of saving important resources, and reduce our output of greenhouse gasses at the same time.
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Well said - but AGW is still a crock. There is a difference between letting the market determine what can be made to be more efficient, and having a few dictate to the masses what and how will be made more efficient.