"HeyBub" wrote in message
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I think you read my position improperly. I do not acknowledge that the
product of resources are limited (e.g., when we run out of whales, we use
Kerosene).

I do display contempt that reductions in a better life now for some
evanescent, gossamery future goal is a good idea.

Your definition of a better life is driven by selfishness. And you ignore
that it isn't some fairy-tale future that needs protecting, it is a future
of any kind.

While you are correct that I won't be around to see what my
great-great-grandchildren have to contend with, I am around now. That I
should swelter in the current heat wave - thereby risking heat stroke - so
that electricity usage will be reduced because we need to conserve coal so
that our progeny may need it, is insane.

We had a ceiling fan installed in our bedroom last year, it allows us to
sleep comfortably without relying on air conditioning nearly as much which
saves money on electricity. The new insulation we put in the attic some
years back helps too both in summer and winter, again it paid for itself
very quickly. I'm not asking you to die of heat stroke, I'm suggesting that
there are ways to go about keeping cool other than simply running the A/C
full blast.

Even IF the claims of "running out" are correct, conservation now is
merely a delaying tactic.

Like I said, selfishness.