From: Dr. Blake Nelson (bnelson301@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Nov 23 2002 - 09:05:05 EST
--- Glenn Morton <glenn.morton@btinternet.com> wrote:
> I have said this before, the one with the largest
> army and most brutality
> will get the last of the oil. It is the human way,
> tried and tested for
> centuries. We have the largest army and probably
> will have for a long time.
> The question is will we be brutal enough to get the
> oil or will others out
> do us in brutality? I suspect that the military
> will get priority followed
> by transportation, but that will depend on the whims
> of the leaders at the
> time.
Not to mention all those Road Warrior movies...
You sound a bit overly Malthusian when the world is
sitting on 500+ years of fission power at current
energy consumption growth rates.
BTW, IIRC China and India have larger standing armies.
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