Re: Space travel by humans is not possible now

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:37:12 -0800 (PST), in a place far, far away,
Ian Parker <ianparker2@xxxxxxxxx> made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:


Just use the platinum that we currently put in the catalytic
converters, which we won't need anymore once the car runs on a fuel
cell.

No, recyclying is a good thing, make no mistake about that - but, look
at the vast expansion in cars in the Far East in particular. Mr Tata
has produced a cheap (some $2000 I believe) car for the masses. Petrol
driven at the moment.

Don't you see we are heading for crisis?

No.

The oil crisis has largely
been caused by the consumption of oil in Asia.

There is no oil crisis.

The Far East will
demand (and probably get) a western standard of living. We need to
gear technology for that scenario. There isn't enough oil, there arn't
enough platinoids.

There is plenty of oil.

Even if global warming is a lie, and I don't think
it is, the fact remains that we si on finite resources.

No, resources are renewable, given sufficient energy.

http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=040705E

We want standards of living levelled up. We don't want levelling down
and a scramble for resources.

And we won't, as long as we remain capitalist, and bring the rest of
the world out of socialism.
.

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