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To: Seeker of Truth who wrote (57100)10/30/2009 3:51:35 AM
From: Maurice Winn2 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) of 218228
 
SoT you are assuming that things just carry on as previously. Don't forget Peak People in 2037. Don't forget huge technological developments. Also, even with no population reduction and with INCREASING carbon burning, there is so much coal and tars such as in the Orinoco basin that it would be hundreds of years before inventories dwindle.

<In the longest run, our carbon source, including the
tar sands, will be exhausted and the grid will get its energy
from wind, hydropower, geothermal, etc. >

Photovoltaics or crops are more likely to provide the energy than those sources you mentioned. It's even possible that fusion reactions will provide the energy. For a long time yet, carbon combustion will be one of the most economic energy sources in most places.

Maybe CO2 emissions will become a problem but that can be fixed if it does and not at a huge cost [something like 25% extra cost].

Mqurice
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