Re: Re: Re: Re: energy crises

2000-06-29 Thread Michael Perelman
I think that those messages came before the changes were made. I hope that we are ok now. GBK wrote: > But I do keep receiving messages! > This time when I finaly got connected I've got more than 100 of them. What > is wrong? > > Boris > > -Original Message- > From: Michael Perelman <[E

Re: Re: Re: Re: energy crises

2000-06-29 Thread M A Jones
You have Yeltsin here? Cool. Mark Jones http://www.egroups.com/group/CrashList - Original Message - From: "GBK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 1:45 PM Subject: [PEN-L:20935] Re: Re: Re: energy crises But I do keep receiving messages! This time

Re: Re: RE: RE: RE: Re: energy crises

2000-06-28 Thread M A Jones
Max Sawicky wrote: > I just don't believe it. When fossil fuels become > sufficiently expensive, massive efforts will go into > developing alternatives. There will be a lot of money > to be made, coordination problems aside. To me > that's more likely than green consciousness leading > to revo

Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: energy crises

2000-06-28 Thread M A Jones
Brad deLong wrote: > Ummm Brad, you may end being known as the man who put the 'um' in 'dumb'. Do you suppose Simon's bet with Ehrlich is safe ground for you to stand on? You too, simply have no idea what the issue is. Mark Jones http://www.egroups.com/group/CrashList

Re: Re: Re: Re: energy crises

2000-06-27 Thread Michael Perelman
Nordhaus knows more math than the freshman. Eugene Coyle wrote: > What's the difference between Nordhaus' theory and Freshman NC econ -- > "the market will solve the problem"? > > Gene Coyle > > Michael Perelman wrote: > > > Nordhaus assumed that there would always be an available "backstop" > >

Re: RE: Re: Re: energy crises

2000-06-27 Thread Brad De Long
>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

Re: RE: RE: RE: Re: energy crises

2000-06-27 Thread Max Sawicky
> Max, I'm not sure it *would* take to shake your sang-froid, the point I was > making was the opposite, ie, despite fatuous assertions to the contrary, You're doing a good job. This is all a scenario for political disaster, I might note. By the time the shit hits the fan, it's too late to do a

RE: RE: Re: RE: Re: energy crises

2000-06-27 Thread Mark Jones
/CrashList > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Max Sawicky > Sent: 27 June 2000 22:05 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PEN-L:20771] RE: Re: RE: Re: energy crises > > > > >It might take several million years

RE: Re: RE: Re: energy crises

2000-06-27 Thread Mark Jones
At last, some wisdom. Yes, we are fucked. And yes, without linking the future of fossil to to the future of greenhouse, it's impossible to make sense of anything. We "socialists" better get our skates on. Altho actually it's most likely already too late, so continue with your reveries and general

RE: Re: RE: Re: energy crises

2000-06-27 Thread Mark Jones
Jim, much as I like you (I do, as a tireless intellectual, of a certain sort) I don't really give a damn whether you believe me (now) or not. You soon will do, in any case. But don't take my word, check it out yourself. PV is not a substitute for oil. There is no substitute for oil. Anyone who say

RE: RE: RE: Re: energy crises

2000-06-27 Thread Mark Jones
Max, I'm not sure it *would* take to shake your sang-froid, the point I was making was the opposite, ie, despite fatuous assertions to the contrary, which shows that if you sractch some pen-lers, you find a Samuelson or an Adelman ('resources are infinite.. the planet has no need of them... oil is

Re: Re: Re: Re: energy crises

2000-06-27 Thread Jim Devine
At 02:40 PM 6/27/00 -0700, you wrote: >What's the difference between Nordhaus' theory and Freshman NC econ -- >"the market will solve the problem"? it fits with freshman NC, though I think Nordhaus was being Schumpeterian -- and was open to the idea of the gov't helping the market. But then aga

RE: Re: RE: Re: energy crises

2000-06-27 Thread Max Sawicky
>It might take several million years, and I'm not really joking. What are the >alternatives to fossil? (don't please mention PV's, wind, hydrogen etc, >because they are not alternatives) Can we do a Julian Simon-style bet? What's your timeframe, and what exactly are you expecting? Of course, if