This is across the line. "When they talk about opening up the "vast" oil reserves or the Arctic Wildlife Refuge, which will only be a six month supply, it sounds like an act of desperation to me." " ..a six month supply.."? I see our *news media* (North American communists) have been effective YET AGAIN with more hyperbole ... Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Butler" To: Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 12:35 PM Subject: Re: [OT]: global problems When they talk about opening up the "vast" oil reserves or the Arctic Wildlife Refuge, which will only be a six month supply, it sounds like an act of desperation to me. Finding more oil is only a part of the problem. Global warming is the flip side. The only answer I see is fewer people, less energy consumption per person, or both. George Bush is not willing to accept either of those answers. Sherpa Doug > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff DeMaagd [mailto:jeff@DEMAAGD.COM] > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 12:54 PM > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: Re: [OT]: It's a girl :-).......global problems > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dale Botkin > > > > In grade school we learned that the world's supply of oil > would run out > > before 2000 and we'd all be driving solar powered cars. Of > course the > > lunar colonies would provide some relief, but there would also be > > overpopultion to te point we'd all live in high-rise apartments. > > > No saying there's not a problem, just pointing out that > predicting the > > future by extrapolating from the past doesn't always work > the way you > > might think. > > I don't think it's too far off to expect a dry-up in 50 years > though and > plan ahead, as obviously fossil fuels are being consumed > faster than nature > can make it. From what I've read, the last significant oil > discovery was in > the 70's, and consumption is increasing. A lot of oil > producers claim to be > running pretty close to capacity as it is. Drilling more > fields is only a > band-aid solution at best. > > Jeff > http://demaagd.com/anime/dvdbugs/ > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads > > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads