| Dogs Rule said: @ Timmah! I greatly enjoyed the conclusion of your long post. Much more then for global warming, I am above all an energy diversity and efficientcy advocate. To me the debate about global warming is irrelevant as long as we all start working on a long term goal of clean sustainable and cost effective energy that does not require the burning of oil, which is better used as a building block for materials such as plastics. |
Thanks, I agree with that 100% on moving towards clean energy. I would add, however, that in the short term we should still drill for more oil due to the fact that mainstream alternative energy sources are still 10-20 years in the future (as far as implementation) and we don't want to destroy the world economy by neglecting our current energy needs, but this drilling/refining should be done to suplement the energy needs of the world as we move towards cleaner energy. Besides that, oil will inevetably run out.
It's really all about balance. We can't panic about Global warming and make stupid decisions that will lead to a breakdown of our economies and societies, but we also can't just pollute blindly forever and claim there will be no ill effects. We need to move towards cleaner energy sources, but not completely neglect oil, as our current infrastructures depend on it. It needs to be a smooth transition from one paradigm to the other, and it does not need to be lead by fear mongering zealots who constantly run around saying the sky is falling.
