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Article #2534Re: Power execs blame gas prices and environment regs forhighelectricity costs
From: malcolm.scott
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 01:20
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 01:20
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"John Higdon" <no-spam@RadioMonopoly.com> wrote in message news:B68DC21C.3136B%no-spam@RadioMonopoly.com... > in article mlindanne-1901010206130001@c145.ppp.tsoft.com, China Blue White > Supergiant wrote: > > > At what point do we admit the supply of petroleum and coal are finite and > > that if this thing called civilisation is to last another millenia, we > > might look for alternatives? > > When it becomes a problem. That consideration is not, nor has it ever been > at play in this situation. > > The "finite nature" of petroleum and coal has been proclaimed by doomsayers > since the 1940s. When I was in high school, we were solemnly told that > petroleum would be exhausted by 1975. Since that date was two decades away > and we were stupid little shits, we bought into it. > > No go away and peddle it to some more high school kids. If you'd bought into it, you'd have done something about it wouldn't you? Malcolm
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,60de1b05ab3a48db X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-Thread: 107e5d,60de1b05ab3a48db X-Google-Attributes: gid107e5d,public X-Google-Thread: 102fd5,60de1b05ab3a48db X-Google-Attributes: gid102fd5,public X-Google-Thread: 1026d8,6b1e07b0e571ae1e X-Google-Attributes: gid1026d8,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-19 17:22:42 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!freenix!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!grolier!btnet-peer0!btnet!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news6-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "malcolm.scott" <malcolm.scott@ntlworld.com> Newsgroups: sci.energy,ca.general,ba.politics,co.politics References: <3A6583AC.5D68B762@quiotix.com> <B68B2337.3100D%no-spam@RadioMonopoly.com> <t6c11gppjjo490@corp.supernews.com> <B68B4BA1.31063%no-spam@RadioMonopoly.com> <e9ge6t0mgfn3ki4lqi930ftt2815sjqr2k@4ax.com> <3A67D0CB.F8AC5561@best.com> <3A67FD56.EB3EC595@quiotix.com> <mlindanne-1901010206130001@c145.ppp.tsoft.com> <B68DC21C.3136B%no-spam@RadioMonopoly.com> Subject: Re: Power execs blame gas prices and environment regs forhighelectricity costs Lines: 26 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.3018.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 Message-ID: <xK5a6.2505$vH6.52305@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com> Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 01:20:27 -0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.252.200.86 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news6-win.server.ntlworld.com 979953693 62.252.200.86 (Sat, 20 Jan 2001 01:21:33 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 01:21:33 GMT Organization: ntlworld News Service