[extropy-chat] cheap alcohol

[Eugen Leitl]

On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 12:52:42PM -0700, Samantha Atkins wrote:

> Does it make any difference to the celebration of rising oil and gas  
> prices that it take a large amount of incompressible time and $$ to  
> re-tool for alternate energy sources?  Are we happy with perhaps  

Alternative energy sources are but a side effect of absolutely
basic future staples like molecular nanotechnology. Current progress/grwoth
hinges on cheap energy, the whole house of cards collapses when everyone
starts believing in peak oil, and prices soar.

> major economic suckage while the readjustment occurs?   I'm not.    

With 1.2% projected local growth (wildly optimistic, considered that
every single projection for years has been far too optimistic) renewable
could be a much-needed export motor, at least hereabouts. Biotechnology
is not happening, nevermind nano, yet.

> Waiting for the crunch to get bad enough is waiting much too long in  
> terms of the amount of suffering and opportunity for attendant mischief.

We're at almost 7$/gallon, and not suffering (much). The mischief
and shenanigans can only happen when you don't control your own
supply. With renewables, that's not an issue.

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