[ExI] "Toward a Type 1 civilization" by Michael Shermer
Damien Sullivan
phoenix at ugcs.caltech.edu
Thu Aug 7 07:39:51 UTC 2008
On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 08:53:51AM +0200, Tomaz Kristan wrote:
> > Humans will need to make the transition from nonrenewable fossil
> fuels as the primary source of our energy to renewable energy sources
> What a crap, man! There is NOTHING like "renewable sources". All
> energy sources are not "renewable". Entropy always goes up, no matter
> what you do. Use is wisely as you can. Cut the crap.
Yet there are many energy resources, commonly called renewable, which
will be sustainable for billions of years, unlike the centuries or
decades of fossil fuel use. And I'm sure you knew that.
-xx- Damien X-)
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