David, I think they are trying to do just that. Interesting possibilities ahead of us this century. Most of them conclude with the end of the United States. Oh, well...... At least I love Chinese food, if not their pianos. Robin ----- Original Message ----- From: David Ilvedson, RPT <ilvey@jps.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 9:08 PM Subject: Re: Gas Prices - give me a break! > I feel guilty that we, USA, use a large percentage of the world's resources. > What if the rest of the world consumed like we did? > > David I. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Goodale <rrg@nevada.edu> > To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> > Date: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 4:54 PM > Subject: Gas Prices - give me a break! > > > >So are we supposed to feel guilty because because of prosperity? Will > paying > >high gas prices somehow make us feel better about ourselves? Should we go > back > >to the stone age? Will becoming a third world country somehow make the > planet > >a better place to live? I'll take cheep gas in exchange for prosperity, > thank > >you. > > > >___________________________________________________________ > >Sorry, I couldn't help it. I have a low tolerance for junk science. > >___________________________________________________________ > > > >Rob Goodale, RPT > >Las Vegas, NV > > > > > > > > > > > >Delwin D Fandrich wrote: > > > >> You are right, $1.49 per gallon of gasoline is cheap. So is $1.58 per > >> gallon. > >> > >> The US pumps approximately 22% of the worldwide carbon dioxide > ('greenhouse > >> gases') emissions into the atmosphere, in large part because of the > >> extremely low energy prices that we pay. (At least in terms of the > direct > >> purchase price. There is a much higher price down the road, but since it > is > >> not paid at the pump it tends to be overlooked.) > >> > >> There is no longer any serious debate as to whether or not these > emissions > >> are damaging the planet. The debate is now simply one of determining how > >> extensive the damage will be and whether or not humanity can survive the > >> damage. > >> > >> The world of the near future will be quite different from the one we live > in > >> today. It will be much warmer -- eleven of the hottest years in recorded > >> history have occurred since 1983. The five hottest consecutive years in > >> history were 1991 to 1995. 1998 was the hottest year ever. The planet > is > >> heating up at faster rate than any time in its history. > >> > >> If you don't think this is a serious problem, check with the insurance > >> industry. During the 1980's insurance losses due to weather-related > >> damage -- droughts, floods, storm surges, sea level rise, etc. -- > averaged > >> about $2 billion a year. In 1998 alone the tab was $89 billion. And > it's > >> going to get much worse. Remember last year's record-setting drought in > the > >> mid-Atlantic states (six states were declared disaster areas). The > heatwave > >> through the Midwest and northeastern U.S. cost 271 lives. Hurricane > Floyd > >> alone resulted in over $1 billion worth of damage in North Carolina > alone. > >> And we got off easy. A cyclone in India killed over 10,000 people. The > >> mud-slides in Venezuela killed 15,000 people. In December of last year > wind > >> storms through northern Europe resulted in over $4 billion of damage. > >> > >> And the list goes on. > >> > >> No, we don't pay nearly enough for the energy we use so wastefully. Not > by > >> half. But we're going to. > >> > >> Del > > > > >
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