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Originally Posted by Andrewl
Notice how consumption and our ecological footprint has likewise increased along with gains in efficiency over the same time period. Efficiency is unfortunately a paradox when it comes to energy. It only ends up encouraging us to consume more.
Andrew
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Very true. We do need to conserve even mor ethan we have been, and start up truly efficient alternatives. I believe we should jump in with both feet, and no pussyfooting around. Nuclear, wind, wave, thermal, anything and everything. A new Manhatten project, or New Deal would be OK in my book. Of course, we would still have people pissed off that someone was profiting off it, and others sueing to shut it down. Then, ELF would start firebombing and all their usual stupid shit.
But fuck it, let's go for it, and learn to conserve at the same time. We could even sell the excess energy created to Canada and Mexico.