If the economy goes wrong, then maybe your children will have to walk to
school. If the climate goes wrong agriculture will be affected. That means
your children will starve. When the Nile floods failed the Egyptians ate
their children. What will you do when there is no food?

Cheers, Alastair.

"Lawrence" wrote in message
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Well Col I think the whole rational of moving into the middle east is part
of that. It's recognition that fossil fuels are needed to maintain world
economy. That's my take on it and I have to say begrudgingly that I agree
with it. There is no other way at present. In the past those disillusioned
with this set up would have turned to the left, there is no credible left
left! Communism was vile and awful and ended up the very opposite of what it
set out to be. The laws of economics will prevail for some time yet. It's
neither cruel, greedy, evil or stupid it's the only way it can be, to try
and keep it all going. Can you really see prices held artificially high or
taxation levied on energy usage. I have to say I'm more concerned for my
childrens future where the economy is concerned rather than possible,
potential, maybe's around climate.



"Col" wrote in message
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"Lawrence" wrote in message
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I think the problem with the Capitalist mode of production and lets face
it,
its the best humans have had, is that economies need to grow or like a
bicycle they will stall and fall over if momentum is lost. The Kyoto
stuff
is really lots of unknowns. The stakes are the highest ever played for.
Slow down economies and world recession will devastate every thing we've
ever known, were not talking about a few higher prices, we're looking at

war
and terrorism. At the growth rate that exist now, and lets face it even
that's all about keeping your fingers crossed, we have massive
instability.
Wait until slump hits. Humans and all life on this planet has always been
underpinned by fragility. It's only the rapid acceleration of development
since the last ice age that we have certainties in our lives.
To implement Kyoto and cripple people even more with taxation and slump
will
IMHO be far worse than anything that possible warming will do. I think
certain people recognise this and see the dangers that lie ahead. There
is a
great naivety here on the level of "let them eat cake" so therefore I
think
the American government is right to be very cautious.


Implementing Kyoto means cutting greenhouse gases. It doesn't say that
we have to have a massive world recession. let's face it, we are going to
have to develop non-fossil fuel based energy sources *at some point*
simply because they will run out in the next few decades.
Now is the time to start pumping some *serious* money into this.

Col
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