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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: bentway who wrote (394323)6/26/2008 11:17:36 AM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (2) of 1579772
 
Good article...

'Energy' is the most important issue of our time, bar none. That is, people are finally beginning to understand the centrality of energy to our collective existence. Take away the cheap energy, and it becomes clear that mankind has spent the past century building the wrong kind of world.

"Another way of saying it is that we've collectively built 'tomorrow's ruins' today. And I don't mean just the physical structures, the bad architecture and stranded infrastructure that is worthless when energy is expensive. Think as well about the social structures that are beyond worthless when energy gets expensive. Tell me when you start to get worried...

"Much of what happens in our time only happens because energy is relatively cheap and abundant. So when energy gets expensive, a lot of what happens is going to stop happening.
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