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54 comments on Matt Simmons on Fast Money (CNBC)

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Darwinian on March 9, 2008 - 10:29pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

"We should never have let India and China grow" - Interesting statement to say the least. How does he propose limiting population growth on that scale?

For Christ sake he was being facetious. That should have been obvious to everyone but I guess a few just did not get the joke.

Ron Pattersson

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JD on March 10, 2008 - 1:18am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

That durned Matt Simmons is a riot. My favorite was when he proposed mowing the ocean floor with underwater lawnmowers:

Simmons acknowledged that any plan for large scale harvesting of micro algae likely would be strongly opposed by environmentalists. His blunt message to them: “Get over it. We’ve already destroyed the fish stock.”

On a more serious note, I heard the Chinese are doing a variation on the same joke. Shang Wu say: "We pull plug on American economy, and fatty Americans ride bus." Know what I mean, Ron?

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The Dude on March 10, 2008 - 9:40am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

OK JD, here's your chance to actually reply to my question of why you laugh at Simmons for suggesting we harvest algae or NH3, when you have an entry on your blog outlining how we can live on vat-grown meat.

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