An alternative? How about a good horse? They work quite well, and their by-product can be used to help increase the yield of their required energy source! :)
Quoting joseph gathman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> However I have not seen anyone address the broader > > question of what alternatives we have in the long > > run. > > I'm glad you are raising the issue, but this is the > wrong question. There is no "alternative" in the > sense that there is anything out there to replace all > that we get from oil. > > The pressing problem is NOT that oil will run out > eventually, but that production can no longer be > increased - even while human population and energy > demand increase. > > I'm glad to finally see some folks on this list (in > this thread) pointing to "peak oil" related websites. > Evidence is growing that we have, in fact, peaked. > I'm embarrassed that ecologists have generally not > entered this discussion, but the scientists and > technical types who have, and who have crunched the > numbers, can find no alternatives that add up to > replace oil. Conservation and reduction, plus long > term population decrease, are the only answers, > barring a new miracle technology. > > History and recent events suggest that there will be > no serious attempt to address these issues until we > have a crisis. And then we can only hope that wisdom > will prevail and avoid further resource wars. Oh, and > that we finally find a way to deal with the 800-pound > population-growth gorilla in the room. They say that > hope springs eternal, but my hope-spring is waning. > "Eternal" might mean "asymptotically approaching a > lower limit of zero". > > Joe Gathman > Fulbright Fellow > or at least Half-bright, I hope > Zaporizhya, Ukraine > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go > with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail >
