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  Please read the book

  I was a student of both Dennis and Donella Meadows in the 1970's, and a friend afterwards.  I was around during most of this debate.  Virtually nothing in LTG has been disproved (yet) for 2 important reasons.  First, LTG was never a prediction of the future - it was a warning that we need a major course correction.  Second, if you actually read the book - something most of its critics have not done - you'll see that most of its projections deal with the period we're just now entering: that is , the time from about 2005 to 2050.

  I heartily recommend that people read The Limits To Gorwth for themselves.  Better yet, read the 1992 sequel, called Beyond The Limits, which is, I think, better than the original or its 2002 successor.On The authors of Limits to Growth were right, 30 years ago and today posted 3 years, 2 months ago 9 Responses

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  It's all Al Gore's fault

  Yes, darn it, that bad old Al Gore personally prevented you and me from being able to do anything at all about climate disruption.  By golly, it's his fault that there aren't more compact fluorescent light bulbs in our homes, hybrid cars in our driveways and insulation in our attics.  It's his fault that we move to the suburbs, fly everywhere, eat lots of industrial-feedlot meat, and really can't be bothered to change.  What a low-down, dirty rat he is!  When our grandkids ask us why we didn't do anything, when climate disruption was clearly happening, we can tell them that it was all Al Gore's fault.On Gore and environmentalists posted 3 years, 6 months ago 14 Responses

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  Don't fight the straw man

  If by chance, someone from the Flat Earth Society were able to publish an op-ed in a major newspaper, few would waste their energy arguing with the poor fool.

  Don't waste time and energy on reactionaries.  Find the people who want to help solve this problem.  They're everywhere.  Today, you could change every light bulb in your house to a compact fluorescent.  Tomorrow, you could convince your neighbor to do the same, maybe work together to form a little neighbor light-bulb-buying coop.

  Or whatever.  The point of these conservative essays is not just to sow confusion - another aim is to pull your strings, make you dance to their tune by reacting to them.  Don't fall for it.On What's next in the global warming discussion posted 3 years, 6 months ago 13 Responses

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  Expensive?

  Do you think that the price is remotely close to the cost?On Gas prices posted 3 years, 6 months ago 28 Responses

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  Zero emissions?

  Good post, but be careful not to repeal the laws of physics.  As long as there's a Second Law of Thermodynamics, there will never be a "zero-emissions" automobile.  Some cars, such as electric ones, may be displaced emissions vehicles - that is, their pollution may be displaced to another location - but no vehicle will ever convert 100% of its fuel into motion.On Smells like french fries posted 3 years, 7 months ago 33 Responses