[ECOLOG-L] OSTP FY2012 budget priorities

2010-07-23 Thread Robert Fireovid
o, Dr. Holdren!! - Robert Fireovid

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Economic growth

2008-11-24 Thread Robert Fireovid
Bob, All the things you mention need to be done AND economic growth needs to end, too. Of course it will be a gargantuan task to convince the U.S. government to embrace a steady state economy, but it needs to be said that ending growth is an absolute necessity. Conservation leaders like James

[ECOLOG-L] McDonough - I don't think so

2008-02-27 Thread Robert Fireovid
McDonough is like the Toyota ads that would seduce me into trading in my 1994, 30 mpg Prism for a brand new Prius. Considering the quantities of non-renewable natural resources that are extracted, transported and transformed into a new car (and the amount of Nature that is destroyed in its wake

[SSWG] Denial * 2: Climate Change and Economic Growth

2007-10-30 Thread Robert Fireovid
Unfortunately, I know too many economists (social scientists) - some in high-level policy-recommending positions within the government - who think in this way. - Bob Fireovid >Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:10:54 + >From: Bill Silvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >I hope that David posted this as a jok

There isn't enough waste

2007-10-27 Thread Robert Fireovid
I am a nationwide expert on bioenergy research, and I can say truthfully that there is no way that fuels derived from manures and other forms of waste, indeed from all types of biomass can come close to replacing (in a sustainable manner) all of the fossil fuels we use. The volumes of petroleum