[ExI] A Nobel laureate and climate change

[Amon Zero]

On 16 September 2011 05:56, Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> wrote:

> ...
> The far more important matter is to replace fossil fuels with a less
> expensive energy source.  Failing to so that will damn us to poverty
> and for much of the world, starvation.
> ...
> But people get hung up on arguing about trivia that just doesn't
> matter.  If we don't solve the energy problem with a SBSP,
> StratoSolar, nuclear, or something I don't yet know about, then we are
> in a world of hurt sooner and of far more serious consequence than hot
> summers and Texas fires.



I couldn't agree more. I'm currently preparing a kind of 'position
statement' that covers a few key issues, and I was a little stumped how to
approach energy & environmental issues without wading directly into the
usual quagmires. Your statement seems to elegantly cut the Gordian knot from
wher I'm standing - thanks Keith!

- A
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