tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post1257190337748064369..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: It's All About Power, Cheap Power, And Without It...The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-5960921607800544902016-01-06T07:45:26.196-08:002016-01-06T07:45:26.196-08:00It's our fondness for the greedy algorithm tha...It's our fondness for the greedy algorithm that gets us into trouble every time.<br /><br />Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-65012870493972301762016-01-05T17:10:24.072-08:002016-01-05T17:10:24.072-08:00Marie, to be blunt, I'm not sure there'll ...Marie, to be blunt, I'm not sure there'll be too many people looking at Maude or anything in fifty years. I certainly won't and I don't regret that as much as I would have in times past.<br /><br />I once thought it was a fanciful notion that intelligent life is self-extinguishing. I don't find much fanciful in that any longer.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-42836712157315067302016-01-05T17:08:09.448-08:002016-01-05T17:08:09.448-08:00@ Toby - Our sophisticated economies have been bui...@ Toby - Our sophisticated economies have been built by externalizing natural capital be it the atmosphere we turn into our industrial emissions dump or the fresh water we allow to be consumed for little or nothing and contaminated often at no cost. A great deal of wealth has been amassed on the back of natural and 'public' property.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-53583638947511079852016-01-05T17:05:51.816-08:002016-01-05T17:05:51.816-08:00John's Aghast - that is one of the best lines ...John's Aghast - that is one of the best lines I've heard in a good long time. I'll try to commit it to memory. Thanks.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-3732428052482824132016-01-05T17:05:15.425-08:002016-01-05T17:05:15.425-08:00@ Rumley - I seem to recall something about that. ...@ Rumley - I seem to recall something about that. Now, with steadily warming oceans and more extreme heat events, I wonder what they'll do.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-9756236872190468772016-01-05T15:42:20.749-08:002016-01-05T15:42:20.749-08:00In another 50 years, we'll look back at Maude ...In another 50 years, we'll look back at Maude Barlow the way we look at Tesla today. She'll be a national hero in hindsight. Marie Snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13872774009526266579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-52658522474561964162016-01-05T13:59:12.563-08:002016-01-05T13:59:12.563-08:00Coal is cheap because those who use it aren't ...Coal is cheap because those who use it aren't costed for their externalities. If coal producers and users had to pay for the cost of cleaning up their mess coal would become prohibitively expensive. Simply removing the subsidies and tax breaks from coal would drive the price up. <br /><br />Ditto for the rest of carbon based energy. Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-64987709675186504822016-01-05T13:21:22.816-08:002016-01-05T13:21:22.816-08:00Sometimes I wonder if its all worth the effort. A...Sometimes I wonder if its all worth the effort. After all, you're going to die anyway.<br />Sometimes the price of eggs isn't worth the wear and tear on a hens ass.John's aghasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17373273843457791978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-26365656296066480992016-01-05T12:04:41.116-08:002016-01-05T12:04:41.116-08:00A few years ago, the waters of Long Island Sound g...A few years ago, the waters of Long Island Sound got too warm to cool a Nuclear powerplant. rumleyfipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03346146988416679423noreply@blogger.com