.....I'M AS MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE THIS ANYMORE!

h (Rand Simberg) wrote:

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:50:50 -0400, in a place far, far away,
"jonathan" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:

We know the oil is going to run out

Oil will never run out.

"Cheap" fossil oil will certainly be a thing of the past at some point.
That's what most people mean when they say "oil is going to run out."
They're technically right, even while the statement doesn't acknowledge
that alternatives can make it pretty much irrelevant.

"Alan Anderson" wrote in message
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h (Rand Simberg) wrote:

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:50:50 -0400, in a place far, far away,
"jonathan" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:

We know the oil is going to run out

Oil will never run out.

"Cheap" fossil oil will certainly be a thing of the past at some point.
That's what most people mean when they say "oil is going to run out."
They're technically right, even while the statement doesn't acknowledge
that alternatives can make it pretty much irrelevant.

The biggest problem will turn out to be land. Not enough of it [in the
same space] for everything everyone needs or wants.

GLB

In message , G. L.
Bradford writes

"Alan Anderson" wrote in message
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h (Rand Simberg) wrote:

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:50:50 -0400, in a place far, far away,
"jonathan" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:

We know the oil is going to run out

Oil will never run out.

"Cheap" fossil oil will certainly be a thing of the past at some point.
That's what most people mean when they say "oil is going to run out."
They're technically right, even while the statement doesn't acknowledge
that alternatives can make it pretty much irrelevant.

The biggest problem will turn out to be land. Not enough of it [in the
same space] for everything everyone needs or wants.

Land stopped being a problem when someone worked out how to build more
than one storey (sometime BC ?)
Water is a different story.
--
Air and fire?

Jonathan Silverlight wrote:

Land stopped being a problem when someone worked out how to build more
than one storey (sometime BC ?)
Water is a different story.


At least fresh water; if we could modify our DNA to allow us to drink
salt water, we'd have it made. ;-)

Pat

Pat Flannery wrote:


Jonathan Silverlight wrote:

Land stopped being a problem when someone worked out how to build more
than one storey (sometime BC ?)
Water is a different story.


At least fresh water; if we could modify our DNA to allow us to drink
salt water, we'd have it made. ;-)
Why don't you send an email to monsanto? (Only half joking...)

Lots of Greetings!
Volker