I'll just note that the Earth's resources are but a fraction of what is available to humanity with our current technology.
-Adam AlunFoto wrote: > I'd say it's a bigger fallacy to equate all the world's resources to > the situation for five specific metals. > > For example, humans can't regenerate fossil fuels from its waste products. > > Jostein > > 2007/6/13, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Another fallacy, you don't have to believe it if you don't want to, but >> the reason why Julian L. Simon won his bet with Paul Ehrlich is the same >> reason we'll not run out of resources. You can read about it here if >> you want to. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehrlich-Simon_bet In fact >> one one of the important Metals expected to be in short supply by the >> end of the last 20th century is now considered an abundant toxic waste, >> can you guess which one? (It wasn't part of this bet). Sustainability >> assumes no change and everything always changes. >> >> William Robb wrote: >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "P. J. Alling" >>> Subject: Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted >>> >>> >>> >>>> Sustainability is a myth, so far progress has worked much better. (In >>>> fact it's given a lot of people the luxury to worry about the planet, >>>> rather than were their next meal is coming from). >>>> >>> >>> Progress only works until you run out of the resources needed to sustain it. >>> We'll get to that point, probably sooner rather than later, with a major >>> resource. >>> >>> William Robb >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
