vialls at present America has a finite number of military aircraft, ships and tanks, but cannot afford to import the raw materials to build more. What you see is what you get, and George W. Bush is fast starting to look like Romulus Augustulus, the last emperor of the Roman Empire. Dimona micro-nuke in Beirut
Kyoto continued...
Its often said that rich countries are cleaner than poor countries. so we should concentrate on development not environment But: 1) UnClean on a global scale: looks clean but about to cook the planet ClimateChangeGases
Recent simulations suggest 11° warming is a possibility The planet hasnt been there since the planetoid bombardments stopped. can anyone say "Runaway Greenhouse" "Venus"
energy is invisibly dirty note: Clear skies seen when power plants stopped recently for 2 days in NE-USA no Contrails in the air over USA on 12Sep01 so "clean rich" is relative 2) waste disposal: rich send old circuit boards to be cooked over crude fires in China 3) rich send polluting factories to Mexico 4) rich do not help the poor. except: 1940s & 50s the USA ordered land reform in Japan,SKorea,Taiwan hence Industry in those lands The USA did not order land reform in Philippines: hence Latafundias and poverty 5) rich lend money to elites, payed back by the masses 6) cut flowers and strawberries grown on poor peoples land where once food grew
What is to be done?
Factor4: energy efficiency is not "NoGrowth" its "SmartGrowth" pumps, ducts, heat exchangers, process heat Smart glass Thermal building design , ventilation Sensors, switches, changing to conditions the efficient future involves lots of fussy maintenance of pumps, vents, heat exchangers retrofitting of Solar thermal & electric on roofs (its not risk free, lots of people are going to die falling off those roofs)
The point is that this could mean economic growth with less exhausts Monbiot is partially correct, growth must have a limit. but a few billion$ invested in large scale PhotoVoltaic production could mean jobs, economic growth and clean skies. Government currently picks winners - big Carbon gets huge subsidies. BigCarbon have been winners since 1760, but not anymore. Time for Govt subsidies for PV fuelcell & biomass But these are de-central, so big Govt has no incentive, So PV will have to make it on its own Wind generators are doing ok in Old Europe
Are cars for transport or excitement? if for transport 30kw is plenty, electric hybrids with 10kw petrol engine are adequate 30kph is plenty fast enough to get around town In my fathers day, the entire town of Woodville took the train for a town picnic. My grandfather, the town cop, had the first car in 1922
If cars are for excitement, or to impress women, then there is no limit on size or power or gas emissions. This is the weak link of Homo Sap. Sexual selection has no limit. The tiger puts a paw on the peacocks tail.
____________________ George MonbiotTuesday February 15, 2005 ...A rise of just 2.1 degrees, almost certain to happen this century, will confront as many as 3 billion people with water stress. This, in turn, is likely to result in tens of millions of deaths. GM copped some flack from the InfiniteGrowth crew, but hes mostly correct _________________________ _________________________ _______ Nick Schulz , just a young chap, shame he's so stuck in the OldOilParadigm hasnt read Factor4
"For the developing world, they understand that mandating severe limitations on greenhouse gas emissions means slowing down their economies... As their economies grow, they will use increasing amounts of energy to develop the transportation infrastructure, telecommunication systems, industrial and manufacturing bases, medical systems and housing enjoyed by the developed world. Since there is no currently available technology to reduce emissions..." _______________________
Stephen Schwartz on dhimma Published 02/17/2005 a Tech Head who seems to be knowledgable about the Ottamans.. _________________________ ________
"the first director of national intelligence .. After a prolonged search in which several others turned down the job," Elliott Abrams Its a good idea to watch out when mass murderers are promoted One thing about "chickenHawk Cards that disturbs me is "conflict avoided" Vietnam - it seems that was the morally correct choice cf Kerry, who sailed merrily along machine-gunning Vietnamese.
But if these covert ops were tragedy, the Chavez plot was farce. The rapid unraveling of the coup suggested that the Venezuelan plotters would have done better seeking advise from Supreme Court Justice Rehnquist rather than from Reich. It soon became public that Bush officials maintained a web of connections with the conspirators and appeared to have foreknowledge of the plot. Using the same conduit Reagan used to fund the contras, the National Endowment for Democracy, the administration had funneled money to Venezuelan opposition.
So, "when did McD’s start recruiting for Lucifer, Prince of Darkness? I mean, I know their corporate fortunes are on the wane, but come on. Now, being an atheistic and non-supernaturalist kind of guy, I don’t really care about the demon part, although the violent aspect seems pretty crappy. But don’t they sell a lot of burgers to the families of JesusLand? Where’s the outrage? Where’s the boycott?" ozrock
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So, "when did McD’s start recruiting for Lucifer, Prince of Darkness? I mean, I know their corporate fortunes are on the wane, but come on. Now, being an atheistic and non-supernaturalist kind of guy, I don’t really care about the demon part, although the violent aspect seems pretty crappy. But don’t they sell a lot of burgers to the families of JesusLand? Where’s the outrage? Where’s the boycott?"