I agree Yoshie. But the problem is with the social system not with the
technical feasibility.
Rod
Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> >There is no shortage of energy!!!!!
> >
> >Nor of any other resource.
> >
> >The environmental problem we have to solve is how to get rid of our
> >garbage without fouling our environment to such an extent that it is
> >inhospitable for human life.
> >
> >Rod
>
> I agree that waste management is an urgent problem, but the reason
> why there is "no shortage of energy nor of any other resources" is
> that the market rations their use. Econ 101 says that any shortage
> can be cured by an appropriately higher price, so it seems there is
> no point in celebrating an absence of shortage. The poor in poor
> countries have no access to electricity, clean water, reliable
> transportation, household appliances, and other goods that consume
> oil and other resources in their production, because they can't
> afford them. If everyone in the world were to live according to the
> standards set by rich nations, wouldn't there be a problem (though
> capitalism does prevent this particular problem from ever arising,
> since the majority are doomed to poverty)?
>
> Yoshie
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