How do you know it will take that long ? (By the way, how do you know there will be no human species in one million years ?) CB >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/28/00 12:13PM >>> Charles. The shortage will arise in one million years by which time there will be no human species as we know it. I say let them fend for themselves. Rod Charles Brown wrote: > >>> > > Rod had said: > > >There is no shortage of energy!!!!! > > )))))))))) > > CB: Right now. But surely not all energies are infinite. How long will there be no >shortage ? Don't we have responsibility to think long term for our species ? If the >shortage will only arise in 100 or 200 years should we be indifferent to that ? > > ___________ > > > > >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 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/27/00 06:31PM >>> > 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 -- Rod Hay [EMAIL PROTECTED] The History of Economic Thought Archive http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/index.html Batoche Books http://Batoche.co-ltd.net/ 52 Eby Street South Kitchener, Ontario N2G 3L1 Canada
