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_Dog, I see it playing out this way: We will not reach anything approaching a global consensus as to the nature of the problem or its likely effects. No one is going to risk spending $$$ that they feel might not be needed or which might subtract from the bottom line. Publicly-held companies live and die on their quarterly numbers.
Geo-engineering, however, presents myriad opportunites for someone to make money. Hence, it will likely be done even if the results are of limited efficacy (or even counter-productive).
Do I think we're screwed? Yes. Does that mean we can't profit during the descent? No.
Publicly-held companies live and die on their quarterly numbers.
I don't worry about that, after all there are enough people claiming that money is evil, and will therefore be offering a large percentage of their pay to research institutions, helping to solve the problem.
Like for example "PeakOil Tarzan" here, who is sorely in need of a demonstration that he considers more than "the bottom line". He's going to, today, move to a smaller home, not sell but destroy his car, ... like he demands of the rest of us.
I'm tempted to tell you to go boff yourself, but I'll refrain. Let me rephrase what I said:
Corporations selfish. Tarzan work for corporation. Tarzan's paycheck depend on corporation make money. PeakOil Tarzan selfish. Therefore, PeakOil Tarzan is part of problem.
There, is that more to your liking???
Like I said, we're screwed. But still get to drive fast car on road to hell!!!
great explanation
you and 2 billion other tarzans, for whom their very survival depends on corporations making money.
my parents have a spot to run to wtshtf, but it's not at all after my linking. still have to buy a little more land, still have to buy some sh!t, and still have to eat. so i'll take the bus to work tommorow, buy some chinese manufactured goods, some food from across the world and hope that someone will fix this mess, because i sure as hell am not giving away my lifestyle willfuly
ps: my lifestyle include biking, economic light bulbs and preparing for some bad events, but i'm not using less energy that could mean comfort for me and my family, just so that peakoiltarzan can ride his car one more time. i'll grab what i can, planet be damned
And so it shall be.
Obviously you've hit the nail on the head : that's the real ideology of "Peakoil Tarzan". He's no different at all from the corporations he so "despises" (except when they make him stuff obviously), but he's jealous of their apparent budgets, and the attention they (but really their "stuff", say, oh the iphone) keeps getting.
Oh yeah, and I'm sure someone could have figured out a way to bottle their farts and sell them at enormous profit to the passengers of the Titanic as it was sinking. Ladies and gents, step right up and get your emergency self contained breathing mixture, right? I mean you have to admit it would still be better than trying to breathe cold water.