[ExI] Solar power makes UK people poorer

Mike Dougherty msd001 at gmail.com
Thu Jun 9 01:08:35 UTC 2011


On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 8:42 PM, Damien Sullivan
<phoenix at ugcs.caltech.edu> wrote:
> I'm shocked, shocked, that moving from an unsustainable and
> environmentally subsidized form of power to a sustainable form might
> incur some loss of standard of living.  Almost like one stops eating

I doubt "one stops eating" is long-term sustainable.  Although...
after sufficiently long enough the required effort to maintain is
effectively zero.

I know it's a misquote, but it made me laugh that the line happened to
break where it did.  :)




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