Re: "The Only Thing They Learn" -- does anyone else find it irritating?

On Jun 16, 12:13 pm, Mark_Reich...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Jun 13, 12:23 pm, Quadibloc <jsav...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

For example, it is now said that with global warming, we are in danger
of repeating the mistakes of the ancient Babylonians and others whose
civilizations collapsed due to environmental problems.

Do we have the choice today of drastically cutting back our energy
consumption?

Typical false choice. More money should have been prudently invested
in renewable energy research so that we'd have relatively cheap solar
and wind alternatives and electrical storage options to turn to now.

Solar and wind alternatives, and better electrical storage options can
still produce *only so much* energy per square mile of land, so
society would still be heavily constrained by energy output.

This is particularly a concern if one has to wage a war, which makes
one suspicious of the hidden agenda of the alternative energy crowd.

But it *is* a false choice - but that's because we have the option of
nuclear power.

John Savard
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