----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlie Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 7:27 PM Subject: Re: Brin-l Digest, Vol 381, Issue 3
> > On 15/05/2008, at 2:19 PM, Wayne Eddy wrote: >> >> What I really wonder though, is why all the "arm waving" about global >> warming? It seems to reason that if fossil fuel consumption is >> destined to >> drop as a result of scarcity, Kyoto is a waste of time and fossil >> fuels. >> Why try to legislate a reduced reliance on fossil fuels when it is a >> physical certainty anyway. > > Um, oil isn't the only fossil fuel. There's a hell of a lot more > carbon bound up in coal than there is in oil or gas. > > Charlie. No it isn't, and I didn't say it was. I said fossil fuel, not oil. Coal is a finite resource too. I just don't understand why there is so much emphasis on global warming as being the main reason to develop alternative energy sources, when it is obvious that fossil fuels are going to become depleted in the short to medium term. Regards, Wayne. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
