No, sustainability is simply one of the major variables that governs the supply part of supply and demand.
-Adam Who will note that most natural resources are either renewable or available in vast quantities far outstripping any reasonable projection of our growth. The only major exception is petrochemicals. P. J. Alling wrote: > That's a bullshit statement. Sustainability is a myth. > > > William Robb wrote: >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "P. J. Alling" >> Subject: Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted >> >> >> >>> Sadly most people don't seem to understand supply and demand. It's all >>> a matter of cost. When prices rise high enough for a commodity suitable >>> replacements are found, or if a less costly alternative exists the >>> substitution will begin if prices simply stay the same. Oil was >>> substituted for Coal because total costs of using it for energy were >>> lower. Something will be substituted for Oil when either of those two >>> conditions is met. It's quite likely that the US will go back to Coal >>> for a while, (the US is the Saudi Arabia of Coal), abet with new plants >>> being much cleaner than the old, but the price of Oil in real terms will >>> have to be much higher than it is now. >>> >> Supply and demand economic models aren't based on sustainability, and as a >> consequence aren't based on intelligence. >> >>> No matter what is causing global warming, (and if it's man made, all the >>> CO2 models, flawed though they may be, show that cutting back on >>> emissions is way to late to make a difference in the short to mid >>> term). Rich societies have a much better chance of mitigating any >>> untoward effects of global temperature rises than poor ones, so given >>> that the changes are coming and we can't stop them, it's best to not do >>> anything that will make any societies poorer. Unfortunately most if not >>> all of the prescriptions to "fix" global warming will do just that. >>> >>> >> I wouldn't have believed that the best advice a supposedly educated person >> can give as a solution is to race hell bent for the precipice if I han't >> read your post. >> >> William Robb >> >> >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
