To: Maurice Winn who wrote (32030 ) 11/11/2009 12:55:17 PM From: axial 1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) | Respond to Interesting thoughts... they align with those of most people, especially technophiles, who believe they can defeat thermodynamics with ingenuity. increases . The cost of heating, cooling, agriculture, fishing, logging, mass transit and a myriad of other activities rises - and as it does, unless compensation increases with it (it won't because the same effect is occurring within industry) - it consumes an increasing portion of the average income. That is, the rising cost of energy begins to marginalize larger portions of the population. "Contrary to popular myth, climate is not just not in balance and stable, but oscillates [as do so many natural processes]. That oscillation is caused by expansion and contraction of deserts, snow and clouds [high reflectivity] and plants and oceans [high light absorption]." "With $150 oil, the stampede into making mega$bucks is huge, with every man and his dog getting into the energy business and coming up with swarms of methods of getting a piece of the action. People also burn a lot less . So we already know the maximum price for energy." Demand destruction ! Why? Because they can't afford it. Nor can they afford the cost of products made with equivalent-cost energy, whether it's solar, wave-action, windmill or people on bicycles wearing solar-panel hats. Nor can the industries selling those products grow, because their customers are being marginalized, just as their business is being marginalized by rising energy costs.
