[extropy-chat] Extinctions

[Damien Sullivan]

On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 08:07:01AM -0700, spike wrote:

> Anders hit it right on once again.  All our efforts at ecological
> stewardship must be profitable before they will ever fly.  Governments can
> provide subsidies and incentives to some extent, but governments run out of
> money eventually.  Alternative energy sources will go nowhere until the
> cheap oil is burned, for instance. 

Governments don't need money for incentives; they can apply taxes.  If
oil burners had to pay for the cost of removing or sequestering their
CO2 then alternatives would probably look a lot more attractive.
Governments can create markets.

-xx- Damien X-)