"Rich" wrote in message
...
Ahem! wrote:

We have a better chance of surviving an economic ice age than
the results of global warming.
This statement suggests you know what you're talking about! You've got any
figures or research to back this up? Personally my gut feeling says that
an immediate stop on the usage of oil and derivatives would not only mean
an "economic ice age", it just would mean an end to civilization as we
*currently* know it.

I am not aware of anyone of any higher reputation than Usenet Kook
advocating "an immediate stop on the usage of oil"

The world would definitely not
support the amount of people it currently holds. The thing is, oil and co
permeates pretty much the whole of our current civilization. Stop using it
all and civilization collapses. I wouldn't dare doing any remarks about
the consequences but one thing is sure, unemployment is the least one has
to worry about in the world you're suggesting.

I guess the sensible strategy would be, reduce oil-usage where possible
but not at the cost of everything. It is even quite foolish just burning
up the only source of plastics one has.

I agree. I think, every pollution concern aside, burning most of the
world's cheap oil will be recorded as one of humankind's greatest follies.
It has so many other important uses.


--
Coby Beck
(remove #\Space "coby 101 @ bigpond . com")