on 6/25/01 10:32 AM, countless monkeys randomly typing on behalf of Paul
Nelson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] miraculously produced:
> At 9:09 AM -0400 6/25/01, Eric L. Strobel wrote:
>> OK, time to get out the fire extinguishers!!! *I* tried to stay totally
>> non-political. I will continue to do my best to refrain from commenting on
>> people's political views because this isn't the forum to do that. (Although
>> you do seem to be WAY overly worked up about US politics for someone with a
>> Canadian address...) I do, however, reserve the right to point out blatant
>> illogic, regardless of the politics that produced that illogic. That's one
>> of the things I like so much about physics. The laws of nature are
>> invariant to politics. I can, therefore, be an equal-opportunity mocker of
>> those who somehow think they can legislate the basic tenets of physics.
>
> Perhaps you really are unaware how very political (and Republican)
> your missive WAS that I responded to, in that the energy situation in
> California, especially, has very little to do with physics and almost
> everything to do with politics and economics. END RANT
> Paul, being an US citizen residing in Canada
>
>
Sorry, but there was nothing remotely political in what I said. It was
simply logic. Regardless of how an energy shortage arises, it is physically
difficult (at best) to conserve your way out of it. If energy supply is E
and demand is 1.05 E, then perhaps you can plug the dike temporarily.
However, society will always demand an increasing energy supply (if you want
a growing and advancing society), so even in the case of a minor energy
shortfall, conservation is at best a temporary solution. Of course, in
cases where energy supply of E is trying to meet a demand of 2 E (or even
1.5 E), the idea of conservation being the primary means of dealing with the
crisis is patently ridiculous. Nothing political about this in the least.
It is basic physics and logic. The fact that it doesn't match with your
opinion is irrelevant and in no way means I'm of one political view or
another. If you fall and hurt yourself, you might fervently wish that the
laws of gravity didn't apply, but that too is irrelevant in precisely the
same way.
- Eric.
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