tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post114582273762409088..comments2024-03-24T11:01:27.668-04:00Comments on Resource Insights: The Illusion of Autonomy in the Fossil Fuel AgeKurt Cobbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05330759091950742285noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-40807773190172975402010-08-23T14:35:11.208-04:002010-08-23T14:35:11.208-04:00"Will we be able to give up the illusion of a...<i>"Will we be able to give up the illusion of autonomy which the fossil fuel age has engendered in nearly every one of us? And, most important of all, will we be able to do it in time?"</i><br /><br />Why give up the "illusion" if we can do all of the following?:<br />1. Reduce population to far less than what it is now.<br />2. Replace fossil slaves with solar and wind slaves.<br /><br />Do you realize, Kurt, that all you are really saying, in effect, is:<br />When will we realize that, since the planet's population is outstripping the resource base, we MUST surrender some of our most cherished freedoms, especially individual freedoms?<br /><br />Is this not simply a form of resignation to a problem which, however difficult it is, can be solved? Why not solve overpopulation instead of simply surrendering our freedoms?ShoXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-24150237638529557732009-06-07T16:59:40.738-04:002009-06-07T16:59:40.738-04:00Hopefully...Hopefully...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-1152889785672262152006-07-14T11:09:00.000-04:002006-07-14T11:09:00.000-04:00RE: And, most important of all, will we be able to...RE: And, most important of all, will we be able to do it in time?<BR/><BR/>Not sure what this means. In time to avoid many big problems? Not a chance. In time to avoid human extinction? Probably.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com