>Bill Burgess wrote:
>
>> Sent: 28 June 2000 00:58
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: [PEN-L:20785] Re: Re: energy crises
>>
>>
>> I forget who Simon's bet was with (Paul Erlich?), but it is
>> undeniable that
>> better technology and higher relative prices can increase reserves of
>> non-renewable resources faster than they are depleted through the
>> outragious rate of consumption in rich countries.
>
>This, too, is completely wrong and shows the futility of trying to debate
>these issues in fora where the most absurd statements which have absolutely
>no basis in fact or theory are uttered ad nauseam without respect for the
>evidence, which is contrary, abundant and clear.
>
>Mark Jones
Ummm... Paul Ehrlich *did* lose his bet with Julian Simon. Market
prices of non-renewable resources *have* fallen over the past quarter
century.
Seek truth from facts...
Brad DeLong
