>> >> On 15/05/2008, at 2:19 PM, Wayne Eddy wrote: >>> >>> What I really wonder though, is why all the "arm waving" about >>> global >>> warming? It seems to reason that if fossil fuel consumption is >>> destined to >>> drop as a result of scarcity, Kyoto is a waste of time and fossil >>> fuels. >>> Why try to legislate a reduced reliance on fossil fuels when it is a >>> physical certainty anyway. >> >> Um, oil isn't the only fossil fuel. There's a hell of a lot more >> carbon bound up in coal than there is in oil or gas. >> >> Charlie. > > > No it isn't, and I didn't say it was.
You were responding to a post on peak oil. Oil may be past its peak. Coal is a long way from its peak. > I said fossil fuel, not oil. Coal > is a finite resource too. Yes, it is. But if we carry on using coal and put all that carbon back in the atmosphere, we'll be royally screwed. > > > I just don't understand why there is so much emphasis on global > warming as > being the main reason to develop alternative energy sources, when it > is > obvious that fossil fuels are going to become depleted in the short to > medium term. Because "depleting", ie burning, all the fossil fuels... that would lead to warming worse than the worst projections. This is why we need to legislate against fossil fuels. We simply can't burn it all. Charlie. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
