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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
We have a politically made resource gap currently. You seem to be happier with the limitations of the resource gap than changing the politics to allow more resources to be produced to narrow it. So be it. Don't expect me to not point out the factual reality.
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The "resource gap" isn't politically made, it's man-made, that is, demand outstripping supply. Politics is certainly delaying the closing of the gap, but the fact is, we are demanding power much, much faster than we have the capacity to supply it, and unless we change our habits (and somehow prevent countries like China and India from duplicating our bad habits), that situation will continue to prevail, and to collectively drag us all down.
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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
As for global warming, rerun the Connections about growing wines in England in 1000 A.D. It's barely getting warm enough to do that now. The world didn't come to an end in 1000 A.D.
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No... but there are about a million-
fold more people on the planet, producing
much more than a million-fold unchecked pollution than in 1000 A.D. Their situation was a pale example of what's in store for us.