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To: koan who wrote (9878)	2/20/2012 2:20:06 PM
From: Bearcatbob	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

Ah - no answer. Remember the "tipping point" is near or past. When you true believers have a solution let me know. Bob

To: koan who wrote (9878)	2/20/2012 4:26:55 PM
From: sm1th	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

The same way we fixed Hitler's nuclear bomb threat. I would get the best scientist's in the country to tell us what we need to do. That approach works fine if you are willing to spend unlimited money. Not a viable solution to energy supply.

To: koan who wrote (9878)	2/21/2012 12:22:17 AM
From: TimF	2 Recommendations Respond to of 85487

We fixed Hitler's nuclear bomb threat by "fixing" Hitler before his program became a threat. Scientist played a part in that, but not the biggest part, or the part of determining the strategies. They did play an enormous part in developing the American nuclear bomb threat, but developing a new weapon, and coordinating any economy, are vastly different. No one has, or can have, the knowledge they would need to effectively coordinate a modern economy through central commands. Scientists can develop or explain options in broad terms, but we should rarely look at them to tell us what to do, they can't understand and centrally coordinate investment and the more broadly the economy. No one can do a good job at such central coordination.