Another fallacy, you don't have to believe it if you don't want to, but the reason why Julian L. Simon won his bet with Paul Ehrlich is the same reason we'll not run out of resources. You can read about it here if you want to. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehrlich-Simon_bet In fact one one of the important Metals expected to be in short supply by the end of the last 20th century is now considered an abundant toxic waste, can you guess which one? (It wasn't part of this bet). Sustainability assumes no change and everything always changes.
William Robb wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "P. J. Alling" > Subject: Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted > > > >> Sustainability is a myth, so far progress has worked much better. (In >> fact it's given a lot of people the luxury to worry about the planet, >> rather than were their next meal is coming from). >> > > > Progress only works until you run out of the resources needed to sustain it. > We'll get to that point, probably sooner rather than later, with a major > resource. > > William Robb > > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
