On 2/15/07, Shyam Visweswaran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Though judging from the north american
media and policies cheap oil is apparently
inexhaustible. The US will have to go through
massive pain to turn away from oil. The entire
suburbia / exurbia is unlivable without extensive
motoring. No
Charles Haynes wrote:
On 2/10/07, Suresh Ramasubramanian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Udhay Shankar N wrote:
There is a suspicious silence from the person who is involved in the
organization of this event. ;-)
Personalized invites based on work-ex make it sound suspiciously like
GOOG's on
From 30,000 feet I agree with Kunstler's view
about the undue dependence on oil. But the devil
is in the details. According to Kunstler the
oil-dependent suburbia died yesterday due to peak
oil. Not so. The suburbia will be affected
dramatically but I would think over a decade or
so. A lot of the
Shyam Visweswaran wrote [ at 11:07 PM 2/17/2007 ] :
While changes will likely be painful the US can
do it once the political will emerges. This is in
constrast to Kunstler whose solution is to run
off to some scandinavian country becasue the US
is surely doomed.
I think Kunstler addresses
Interesting. I have listened to Kunstler a couple
of times, the last time was couple of years ago.
As I recall, he was the epitome of Mr Gloom and
Doom. I kinda lost interest in him after that.
That he has come out now with his disclaimer
tells me that I am not the only one who came away
with the
On Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 10:29:41AM -0800, Shyam Visweswaran wrote:
Briefly glancing at his list one thing that
strikes me is that he doesn't think that advances
in science and technology will be a key factor in
weaning away from oil dependence. IMO, what needs
to happen (and will happen) is
