Americans get low-balled

The Avon Lady · 04-23-06, 07:50 AM

This just reminds me of the scientific experts in the 70s predicting that by the year 2000, there would not be enough clean air to sustain humanity.

I've read several articles so far on the potential availability of petroleum over the next 2 decades. While the predictions are for less, it won't be that much less and this will be offset by new energy-efficient and alternate energy technologies already employed or under development. And more will come.

I'm all for reducing energy consumption, cleaning the environment and making planet earth a nicer, cleaner place to live and starting this as of yesteryear. But I wouldn't panic at this point in time.

EDIT: I agree with the claim that the US is doing too little in this direction. A more interesting discusssion would be whether energy industries and their political allies are what's hindering America's weening of of petroleum products.

04-23-06, 07:50 AM	#1
The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	This just reminds me of the scientific experts in the 70s predicting that by the year 2000, there would not be enough clean air to sustain humanity. I've read several articles so far on the potential availability of petroleum over the next 2 decades. While the predictions are for less, it won't be that much less and this will be offset by new energy-efficient and alternate energy technologies already employed or under development. And more will come. I'm all for reducing energy consumption, cleaning the environment and making planet earth a nicer, cleaner place to live and starting this as of yesteryear. But I wouldn't panic at this point in time. EDIT: I agree with the claim that the US is doing too little in this direction. A more interesting discusssion would be whether energy industries and their political allies are what's hindering America's weening of of petroleum products. __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974