James Annan wrote:
> Michael Tobis wrote:
> > The transcript of an interesting speech that Mr Gore made today is
> > available at
> >
> > http://thinkprogress.org/gore-nyu
> Good to see he pops in here occasionally :-)
I hope he learns about the reason Moore's Law has produced the rapid
advances in computer power. Also, he calls Amory Lovins an engineer,
when he started out as a physicist. He seems to think that efficiency
can be increased forever, when it can never even reach 100%. Also,
he's jumped on to the plugin hybrid mania, missing out on the fact that
adding those extra batteries also adds weight and reduces usable
interior space in a car. The large SUV type vehicles are the problem,
as there is no way to make them get mpg results like that of a smaller
car, due to weight and poor aerodynamics.
I think he is right that we won't do anything unless there is a sense
of national goal and/or crisis. Democracy doesn't change things until
it is backed into a corner, especially when some sacrifice is involved.
Politics as usual has been ignoring the problem for more than 30
years, from my experience. One hot summer won't leave much of a sense
of crisis if it's followed by a unusually cold winter....
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