Ken Hanly:
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> This is a response to a recent post (included) by Mark that I sent to my
> son, an economist with the Saskatchewan government.
Ken, it's nice to have informed discussion and it would be good if your son
could participate. The post you sent him is light on data so no wonder your
son had a problem with it. I'd be happy to get into the nitty-gritty. I take
issue with some of his remarks about electricity supply. As for natural gas,
his optimism about world supply is unfounded, the world is not as full of
available gas as that, and the problem with gas is the staggering rates of
decline you get where a play starts to deplete. As for externalities, I have
in mind primarily anthropocentric climate-change. How do you quantify the
now-proven changes to the North Atlantic thermohaline for instance? This
threatens the entire balance of the world climate system.
best wishes, and I'd be glad to discuss this more.
Mark
