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Originally Posted by sendler
I'm in a forth category. A climate change believer that is pragmatic to understand that we have a much bigger problem than too much carbon. Which is too little carbon. When the liquid fuel turns the corner on availability in 20 years the price will sky rocket and wreck the world economy beyond all redemption. There will be a Great Simplification.
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I hear what you're saying,but as Kunstler mentioned in 'The Long Emergency',what you're saying is predicated upon 'current' consumption.
If an energy Pearl Harbor were declared,as some climatologists advocate (I belong to this camp),consumption could be severely curtailed,as has been done in two previous world wars.
We don't have to build for a world in which Barbie and Ken make eleven trips to town everyday.In a HUMMER or G-Wagon.
And price volatility of oil especially is a reason to get away from it as fast as we possibly can.And we can,with off-the-shelf technology.