Re: So what now do we do?

Telling people in a technology driven society to back off on using that
technology is simply not going to work. Ask Gray Davis.

Telling them reactors are cheaper and safer that coal and oil fired plants
might.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Hicks" <wallyshoes@mindspring.com>
To: "Jan de Koning" <jan@dekoning.ca>
Cc: <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: So what now do we do?

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>
> Jan de Koning wrote:
>
> > At 07:44 AM 04/12/2003 -0500, Walter Hicks wrote:
> > >I have the solution to the world's energy problems (below)! etc.
>
> I was kidding. Hope it was obvious.
>
> >
> >
> > Would it not be better if we started with: how can we bring our energy
> > consumption down? We (myself included) use a lot of fabricated energy,
> > which is really not "needed."
>
> I would not say "better" but certainly "in addition to". For example, in
my
> area, I see these big gas guzzling cars on the way to work and back each
> day. Rarely is there more than one person in the car. Some decades ago,
car
> pooling was common. Now it is rare. If 3 people shared rides to work it
> would do wonders for overall gas consumption. There are many other
> examples -- but people just do not seem to care.
>
> Walt
>
> --
> ===================================
> Walt Hicks <wallyshoes@mindspring.com>
>
> In any consistent theory, there must
> exist true but not provable statements.
> (Godel's Theorem)
>
> You can only find the truth with logic
> If you have already found the truth
> without it. (G.K. Chesterton)
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>
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Received on Thu Dec 4 12:33:44 2003