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From: "Tom Vogt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > I won't copy the entire text of "The Ultimate Resource" here. Anyway,
the
> > notion of "finite resources" is dumb. All resources are infinite. The
Earth
> > is round. Deal with it.
>
> "all resources are infinite" - may I quote you next time my machine runs
> out of memory? maybe it'll be impressed.
The analogy is rather interesting. Unless you physically remove the chips
from your mainboard, your machine will never "run out of memory". It can
never happen. What WILL happen, though, is that you'll have some uses more
important than others, and the more important uses will win over the less
important ones. Just like with any other resources.
There is NO WAY we could run out of copper, for example. It's all over the
world. There is no way we'll run out of energy, since nuclear energy is a
hugely rich source. There is no way we'll run out of food, since it's
renewable, and even without GM food the productivity is way beyond our
"needs". [Romania, which is an almost 3rd world country, has had
overproduction of grains since 1990. I suspect we could feed the whole
Eastern Europe if we had US technology.]
> I'll seek that book you mentioned. I'd really like to know how someone
> can support such an obviously ignorant claim.
Only for people who don't know squat about economics...
Mark
