CO2 and evolution (Introduction)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Monday, July 19, 2010, 16:48 (5240 days ago) @ David Turell


> > I've been following a couple of the blogs you've mentioned; but I still need to ask whether or not you think that we should do nothing? In my mind--the technologies that can evolve chasing "green dollars" is worth a little bit of tribulation. I would pay 10c/gallon for a fund to encourage renewable energy growth.
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> No. I think we should recognize that it will take 50-100 years to convert from oil and natural gas which supply 90% currently of all automotive and engine needs. Lomborg, The Skeptical Environmentalist, is of the opinion we need to go slow and not wreck the world economy at this time. Reasonable development is called for at a reaonable pace.-Alright, lets play.-In the course of history you got to live through--within the course of 23 years we were able to go from simple V2 to launching a man into space. In 6 more, we extended that to the moon; this was all done through force of will and human ingenuity. As for the 50-100 year mark, how on earth can we say that when at no point in history has anyone been able to accurately predict when a new technology could be invented, when by your own logic--we aren't even in a new paradigm? A person that could have that kind of predictive power would be rich beyond his wildest dreams!-Who are you (or Lomborg) to put an arbitrary limit on human ingenuity? -The human mind is boundless!

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