Ralph wrote:
dpb wrote:
Robatoy wrote:
On Nov 26, 3:54 pm, "J. Clarke" wrote:

How is "their behavior" "irresponsible, nay, short-lived"? If you are
talking about consuming fuel, if everybody drove a mo-ped it would
still run out, just might take a little longer. There is no level of
consumption that will result in the oil lasting forever. Might be the
great grandkids instead of the grandkids who have to transition to a
different fuel, but it's still going to happen.

Might as well blow it all out of our asses and get it over with, huh?
I tend to support the viewpoint that if we conserve, we might buy
ourselves enough time to find alternate solutions. ...

Tell that to the Chinese and the other developing nations -- whatever
changes in our actions can realistically make will so far in the noise
of their changes as to make no discernible difference.

Options are there, they're just not yet economically viable. When
they become so, then they'll take off.

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When does it become viably economical? When the oil companies are
squeezing the last drops out of the ground and charging us $50 a gallon
for gas?

When alternative production and distribution costs are such that the
inconvenience of switching to other sources is accepted by consumers.

At one time whale oil was the primary source of residential lighting.
We transitioned then to more abundant sources. We'll do it again.

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