BillC wrote:


You're the fool, especially if you think the industrialized world is
going
to shut down on the basis of what are probably minor fluctuation that
may or
may not be be partly influenced by manmade emissions.


(...)

Of course, people aren't going to stop burning fossils fuels -
that is until they are gone, and that end is now in sight.
Global production of oil, if it isn't peaking already,
will likely peak within the decade. Coal and natural gas
aren't far behind. The huge increases in demand in China
and India will assure the peak arrives sooner than you
might imagine. If oil were to be equitably distributed, the
US would take a huge hit, as it currently consumes a quarter
of the worlds daily supply of oil (over 20 million barrels a
day). Average Chinese consumes an order of magnitude less oil
than the average US citizen. But they are working very
hard to catch up to our level of consumption. Something that's
not possible as global production is currently maxed out.

We will likely double the current CO2 level before fossil fuels
became so scarce as to be irrelevant. We shall see what becomes
of our 'industrialized world' at that point.

You're the fool for not being willing to admit
the consequences of this explosive doubling of the CO2
level may be catastrophic.

-Eric B