tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post7319284129707991300..comments2024-03-24T11:01:27.668-04:00Comments on Resource Insights: What climate activists should learn from the Monterey Shale downgradeKurt Cobbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05330759091950742285noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-32529590013773286942014-06-10T20:51:29.548-04:002014-06-10T20:51:29.548-04:00"The Economy" doesn't care what inpu..."The Economy" doesn't care what input and output values are, it will expand and contract based on constraints or lack of same. Energy is an input, and pollution is an output with an associated cost. Raw materials are an input with the requisite work to produce finished products of varying degrees of utility and usefulness.<br /><br />The energy source is relevant only as a function of the amount of work it can provide. Less concentrated energy sources predictably produce less wealth overall.Timberframehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394902199611756554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-3223905923984230932014-06-03T01:18:37.326-04:002014-06-03T01:18:37.326-04:00Yes, society is desperatly looking for growth but ...Yes, society is desperatly looking for growth but already today we lack enough oil. And this problem isn't talked about in the mainstream media. Not good. Thanks for your posting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-88649930472198388092014-06-02T16:36:15.702-04:002014-06-02T16:36:15.702-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.John Polomnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120789782451378465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-26590640289121239612014-06-01T17:06:49.780-04:002014-06-01T17:06:49.780-04:00Don't neglect EROEIDon't neglect EROEIEric Blood Axehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16838133655067827221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-90284245873808263352014-06-01T12:41:38.465-04:002014-06-01T12:41:38.465-04:00Of course you are absolutely correct that basing o...Of course you are absolutely correct that basing our societies on a source of energy that will be used up over the course of a couple of centuries is foolhardy, but this fact has been well known since Thomas Edison's time. Edison himself touted solar energy as a truly long term supply of our energy needs. <br /><br />It seems, however, that people simply refuse to base their actions on common sense. The end result will probably be disaster. Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01251330546889158364noreply@blogger.com