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Politics : Politics of Energy
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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (3218)11/30/2008 12:07:38 PM
From: RetiredNow  Read Replies (3) of 86352
 
Bob, but you use the same scare tactics? You have made statements in the past that a move to non-fossil fuels will cripple our economy. That is a statement of opinion intended to scare people into immobility.

What we've actually seen with the advent of new technology is the exact opposite. Old industries die, it is true, but the new replacement industries are typically more efficient, effective, and larger than the old industries and create more prosperity.

So history teaches us that if we were to embark on an all out effort to replace our oil and coal industries with renewables, a likely outcome would be greater overall prosperity and more net jobs in th economy, even as the oil and coal industries and the jobs associated with them died off.

So I agree let's not use scare tactics on either side of the debate.
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