On Oct 13, 1:17 pm, "Don Libby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Eric Swanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > Looks like more of the "technology will save us" > > approach to the energy problem. > > Why not? It has worked pretty well so far. It's a good question. The first answer that popped into my mind is "wasn't that what the Easter Islanders said about the statues" but that's perhaps a little glib. John Fleck has spotted a cogent answer from an unlikely source: http://www.inkstain.net/fleck/?p=2273 I'd also recommend the book "The Upside of Down" by Thomas Homer- Dixon, and re-recommend Jared Diamond's "Collapse". I think it is fair to say that the nature of the problems we face, while not entirely without precedent, have not historically tended to be solved effectively in analogous cases. mt --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "globalchange" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
