"Will Hand" wrote in message
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Lawrence, you are absolutely correct, we have thrived by releasing carbon,
it is a success story.

You are also correct that there are far more important things for
individuals to worry about than forecasts of the future climate. Many
people on this planet wonder where their next glass of clean water is to
come from :-(

The real problem is that there are now a lot of humans vying for vital
resources, it makes perfect sense to invest in new technology despite
whether you believe in global warming or not.

Will
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Absolutely aggree Will, when you consider that the worlds population was
estimated to be in 1000 AD to be around 200 million and now over six
billion! It's a testament to the remarkable progress made by capitalist
economy whose engine was literally fossil fuel . Add to that the 100 odd %
increase in life expectancy then it is truely a remarkable success story.
However I totally aggree that it can't go on like this unless some
miracoulous leap in science regarding free or cheap inexaustable energy and
the feasiblity of colonising our solar system and beyond then some serious
problems lay ahead. I think its shown that with a higer stanadrd of living
and that doesn't necessarily mean owing more things then the birthrate
begins to slow like it has amongst the developed world populations.


As you say AGW is not the main issue I reckon the Bjorn Lomberg talks a
lot of sense. If AGW was an issue there are far bigger sustainable of
course, fish to fry .