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173 comments on How to Address Contrarian Arguments – part III

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Hellasious on February 8, 2007 - 12:02pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

By exergy I take it you mean the thermodynamic definition, yes? Excellent remark and ultimately that is the theoretical limit one would strive for, but from a practical standpoint I really don't think you need to get nearly so complicated.

Equivalent renewable-source BTU or KWh will do just fine for a long time. Just the transition alone from a purely fiat currency to one backed by "green" BTU will take decades.

I call it the "Greenback"... But if we used your exergy suggestion we should call it the "Carnot(e)".

(smile)

Regards

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InfinitePossibilities on February 8, 2007 - 2:22pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

That is hilarious! Thanks... gave me the best laugh of the morning.

:-)

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