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To: Eric who wrote (15452)	12/17/2009 8:15:49 PM
From: Bearcatbob	Respond to of 86356

"Do you really think fossil fuels will be the major player of energy in the world 100 years from now?" Eric, I believe if allowed to work markets will answer that question. I believe fossil fuels will be a major player in the market 100 years from - but certainly not the only. Allowed to work, markets will solve the supply and demand equation. As fossil fuels become more expensive alternates will arise. Let markets decide what the alternates are - not fools in Washington. If we want to hurry the markets we could simply tax hydrocarbons - if the rest of the world does. If the rest of the world does not follow we will be shooting ourselves in the feet. We have growth of government out of control. There is a huge increase in big government salaries and a big increase in numbers. Do you think everyone can work for the government? The role of government in markets is to insure fair play - not to decide winners and losers. The role of government in our lives is the critical issue of the day. Bob

To: Eric who wrote (15452)	12/17/2009 10:36:08 PM
From: The Vet	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 86356

Hi Eric, still up to your old tricks I see... I'm just back after diving tropical waters off Fiji; most of it well offshore and well and truly part of the great Pacific ocean. The first thing I noticed; the water was cold, and everyone who had dived in that region for many years noticed it as well. Tropical water in summer, and the temperature was a constant 24 C at all the sites over hundreds of miles apart. 26 C to 27 C would be normal for this time of the year (southern hemisphere summer.) Not a scientific measurement, but real enough for me and the rest of the divers. The trip was cut short by the arrival of tropical cyclone "Mich". Category 2 and rather early in the season considering the cold water, but that's the "weather"/"climate" for you... It always changes... Have you read Ian Plimer's "Heaven + Earth" yet.. unlike many he takes the trouble to carefully reference all his "statements of fact" rather than just blandly stating everything he prints as "obvious truths" or "physical laws" when they aren't anything of the sort.