... for not all people being gobbles up in the DieOff process. ... One of the troubling thought trains with this list is a certain elitist assumption. I will...
... <readyourdarwin@y...> wrote: Ron, Actually, I believe you are making my main point. Price(demand) depends on "expected" supply, which is the same thing as ...
... A bit of animal hubris appears to be going on in these assumptions about muscle efficiency. According to an ASHRAE (American Society of Heating,...
... For a stark perspective on this, see the link posted below. It is a lengthy article in a Buddhist magazine, so I'll just paste some snippets that make only...
Hi Mark, This article has been debated many times at Democratic Underground. www.democraticunderground.com Speaking as a FAA licensed commercial pilot, all...
[The World in Words]America's war for oil http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2003/12/01/200312010024.asp For decades, through Democratic and...
~~~~~~~~ EnergyResources Moderator Comment ~~~~~~~~~ In terms of the following, "Net energy, where art thou?" ~~~~~ EnergyResources Moderator Tom Robertson...
... <snip> ... US Holiday Shopping Season. We were looking at some figures this morning and see that Americans are expected to spend something like $ 240+...
I believe the term used has been "scope enlargement" by William Catton in his book "Overshoot." Economists may call it 'comparative advantage." This is what...
Lawrence, I suppose you have read Hardin's essay "The Necessity of Immigration Control", which appeared in his "Living within Limits". I agree with his...
... A number of thoughts on this. I will be somewhat disjointed, but may trigger some thoughts. We Americans who see the craziness of the direction in which...
Hey Jack, This is a great post. It is so nice to see someone think about this just like I do! I consider myself a realist too and have no personal history of...
Fight on to Save Plains Water Source http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/22975/story.htm USA: December 1, 2003 Story by Carey Gillam KANSAS...
This may not directly relevant to your question but... The common ecological rule of thumb based on the efficiency of transfer of energy from one biological...
... You bet there's a basic misunderstanding here – only thing, the misunderstanding goes with the territory of the 'prose mode' of thinking and debate...
... indicates ... http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthtribune/news/opinion/7306797.h tm ... accident <snip> ... Out on the ... Now that ... Deceit ... This...
RESPONSE TO LAWRENCE B. CROWELL below: http://web.mit.edu/biology/www/facultyareas/facresearch/chisholm.shtml "We participated in three expeditions that tested...
It's the time of year (for farmers) to check over the books. We run a modern dairy that uses as much fuel and electricity as is possible. Here's why. Fuel and...
~~~~~~~~ EnergyResources Moderator Comment ~~~~~~~~~ In the following, Lawrence B. Crowell says: <So long as we continue to play these types of games, well our...
~~~~~~~~ EnergyResources Moderator Comment ~~~~~~~~~ In the following, Eric Thurson wrote on circumstances injecting uncertainty into the economic process. I...
... 'non-negotiability' of our standard of living one of the outstanding symptoms of the underlying dis-ease in our systems? How mature is this element in our...
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~~~~~~~~ EnergyResources Moderator Comment ~~~~~~~~~ David, et al: You are right. There is not much--if any (and it could be negative)--economic incentive to...
There are some on this list and, of course many others, who decry forecasters of a decline in our civilization as being pessimists or even doomsayers. I...
Resources: Oil Experts See Long-Term Risks to Iraq Reserves**Oil experts said Saddam Hussein demanded high production, but United Nations economic sanctions...
... supply. The larger point I'm trying to make is that the existing market system is dangerously inadequate for delivering information to the marketplace that...
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What do they call those that realize that we are in the mist of the resource wars for the fuel for the final days and entering an era where a large die off is...
Ron - I am not claiming that either you or Andrew are right or wrong. What I am pointing out is that no one on this list - yourself included - has made any...
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US GDP numbers in modern times are typically for propaganda, to make things appear better than they are. The first statistical legerdemain is the ...
I think the conclusion, which was not exactly intended was misleading in that you come away thinking there could be a new ice age if the Gulf Stream shut off...
