On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 10:13:57AM -0500, Sean Doyle wrote: > Agreed. I worry this will set off an arms race - the people that fund GW > deniers will now fund an army of chatbots. I'm sure there's an twitter > version of Gresham's law - any sane comments or discussion will get > overwhelmed by the bots.
Since we've been sitting on our collective hands for the last 40+ years we cannot afford any leisurly comments or discussion. If we started acting last Monday, it would still take 20-30 years, while meanwhile we'll be hitting an unbridgeable demand gap. World wars have been started for less. And if people think that synfuels and tripling electrification now is difficult, wait until you no longer have energy and raw resources to do that. Or if someone decides to go nuclear, just to get at your residual piece of the pie. Warming? Is for the birds. Will at most kill a billion.
