-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Robert Holmes wrote: > Creating no emissions? Really? Wow - you must be generating the > electricity for your car from one of those zero-emission power stations > we keep hoping for.
You purposefully _choose_ to mis-interpret Marcus' words? Your interpretation assumes that Marcus meant "no emissions throughout the development and usage lifetime of the vehicle". But, normal people read his words and interpret "no emissions resulting from driving the vehicle". That's fine as a joke or as a demonstration that all of our ideas are just random shots in the dark. But if we took that interpretation to its full logical extent, exactly _zero_ of the efforts we have in place or have thought of, as a species, generates a net positive. I.e. it's _all_ a zero-sum game. And that means that the only way for an individual to "help" the planet is by committing suicide ... and taking as many of his fellows as possible with him ... at least until we reach a population more commensurate with our individual usage patterns. Are you truly advocating _for_ suicide bombers? [grin] > On 8/14/07, * Marcus G. Daniels* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > Or, you drive your whatever gas guzzling car to work at 75mph to be > productive ASAP, and make big $$$. Which you then use to by $100k Tesla > sports car which you drive at 130mph creating no emissions. Such a > person should get many tax breaks, IMO. ;-) - -- glen e. p. ropella, 971-219-3846, http://tempusdictum.com But what no person has a right to, is to delude others into the belief that faith is something of no great significance, or that it is an easy matter, whereas it is the greatest and most difficult of all things. -- Sören Kierkegaard -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGwhBmZeB+vOTnLkoRAnYbAKDY8OQ2veOXFoqqKqpKNax/j4dSMQCdFMEx rLe4eJfH7HYX6JqC0BVikSQ= =f6xF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
