[ExI] Hal Lewis' resignation from The American Physical Society

[BillK]

On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Keith Henson  wrote:
> Actually, Spike, it's not OK to have a strong opinion on this
> particular issue at all.
>
> It is a complete red herring distraction.
> The big problem is *energy.*
>
> It just happens that none of the long term energy solutions releases
> carbon, so to whatever extent that is a problem it will get fixed by a
> solution to the energy problem.
>
> But noooooo.  People get to arguing over an issue that is immaterial
> when they should all be focusing on the problem that's coming sooner
> and is much more serious.
>
>

I agree that the issue is a distraction. But the big problem (mainly
for the US) is that it is a carefully planned and deliberate
distraction. Big oil money was used to generate a completely
fictitious protest movement to stop resources being moved into
developing other energy sources. In ten or twenty years the big oil
companies will have extracted every last drop of profit from the
increasingly expensive oil, while at the same time diversifying into
alternative energy to keep their profits flowing.

Big oil needs time to take control of the alternative energy market.
That's the only reason for the confusion and so-called protest
movement. They don't care about anything except their profits. That's
the US corporate state at work.


BillK