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coffee17 on November 26, 2005 - 2:15pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
JD, you've managed to look up eschatology, but have you managed to look up straw man?

You seem to be reading a lot more into what peak guy said than what he appears to have said.

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JD on November 26, 2005 - 8:38pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
What modern technologies do you regard as sustainable? Clearly, electricity isn't sustainable. Look at U.S. power generation: 51% coal, 20% nuclear, 16% gas, 3% oil. None of that is sustainable. Lots of folks even say hydro (7%) is unsustainable due to silting, environmental impacts, dependence on petroleum inputs etc.

So it's just an elementary deduction: If you are opposed to unsustainable practices, then you're opposed to the electric power grid. That sounds pretty medieval to me.

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mikeB on November 27, 2005 - 9:24am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Clearly, electricity isn't sustainable. Look at U.S. power generation: 51% coal, 20% nuclear, 16% gas, 3% oil. None of that is sustainable.

and...

So it's just an elementary deduction: If you are opposed to unsustainable practices, then you're opposed to the electric power grid. That sounds pretty medieval to me.

Therefore,

you are, by your own reasoning, either "medieval" or FOR "unsustainable practices."

Which is it?

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JD on November 28, 2005 - 7:28am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
I'm for unsustainable practices. Not forever, but for the time being. Keeping the lights on takes priority over sustainability.

That doesn't mean I'm in favor of senseless, wasteful consumption and growth. It also doesn't mean that I'm ignoring the limits imposed by the planet. I means that I think the best chance for long-term survival of the human race lies in modern, technical, industrial culture. If we let the lights go out, it's 100% sure we will perish like the dinosaurs. Our minds are our only chance.

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Leanan on November 28, 2005 - 12:37pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
I don't know about you, but my mind doesn't need to be plugged into the grid to work.  :-D
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