Dana Blankenhorn is right, the use of alternative energy sources isn't an option anymore. It's not just about price. It's about availability (not in our hands) and the collective costs/contortions it inflicts on our society to secure it.
It's also a dominant strategy. Think about this way. The reason the US is so rich today re: the rest of the world is that WW2 was so good to us. Why not repeat the process with energy? When supplies do crunch (for whatever the reason) why not be the nation that is untouched by the economic consequences and able to sell solutions to the rest of the world???Shoot. I am starting to sound like Friedman...
John, she doesn´t say "alternative energy sources isn't an option anymore". She says it should be produced localy.
Quite a different concept than you imply in your post.
Posted by: Bernhard | January 28, 2006 at 04:24 PM
Hmm. First, the she is a he. Second, I think Dana and I believe that alternative energy isn't an option. It is obligatory.
Posted by: John Robb | January 28, 2006 at 07:21 PM