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Old 15-06-2008, 18:49   #17
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Re: Green campaigners storm coal train
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Originally Posted by Osem View Post
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/n...re/7452395.stm

Apparently they want this dirty fuel to be left in the ground. Well with the price of oil only heading one way I can't see that happening anytime soon. A tad childish to chuck the dirty stuff around I'd have thought too.
Perhaps they will reconsider if one day, as it surely will, the lights go out all over Britain and we return to a more basic existence without electrical power.

The basic problem is that we do not have a national(ised) combined energy industry. We have demand from consumers being fed by private companies whos sole purpose is to deliver more energy to produce more income and profit.

How then can we talk of conservation of energy, green energy and reductions in demand and consumption?

True,the rising cost of fuels will drive innovation and conservation to some degree, but it will also fuel inflation.

Of course each individual on this planet needs to consider his/her impact and cut it as much as possible.

But then there is another conflict isnt there for we only live once and but for a short time. We want to maximise our life experience and so that means unfettered consumption and consumerism.

Is this an unsolvable conundrum ?

Eventually,when carbon based fuels run out there will be war and pestilence throughout the world as nation fights nation over the few reserves that are left. The population will dwindle because of want,starvation and disease and the earths ecological balance will re-adjust with the passing of many years.

The presence of man on the face of the earth is but a blip in time but his impact has been immense.
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