On 3/09/2011 9:22 a.m., Tim Streater wrote:
In article ,
Gib Bogle wrote:

On 3/09/2011 5:36 a.m., harry wrote:

http://www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/ne...share_of_world

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As long as oil and gas are much cheaper we will continue to consume
them as fast as we can.

We're not using them up "as fast as we can". If that was our aim, we'd
just firebomb all the oil wells. We're using it up as fast as we feel we
need to. If you think that's too fast, good luck trying to stop people.

Have you not noticed that the oil companies are doing everything they
can to develop new fields? If there is a way to increase the production
rate, they will employ it. To me that qualifies as "as fast as we can".
I didn't say anything about stopping people, but I firmly believe only
depletion will stop this.

then renewable energy sources will dominate. Meanwhile we ride around
in luxury in our ridiculously large chariots of steel, thumbing our
noses at future generations.

We not thumbing our noses at future generations any more than previous
ones did at us. I haven't seen any evidence that the Victorians or
anyone else gave thought to future generations.

And? Previous generations laid waste to the forests, yes. The
destruction continues, on land and in the rivers and oceans. Most
people couldn't give a ****. You might consider yourself to be in good
company.