Re: Space travel by humans is not possible now

On Jan 29, 12:29 pm, simberg.interglo...@xxxxxxxxx (Rand Simberg)
wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:17:55 -0800 (PST), in a place far, far away,
Eric Chomko <pne.cho...@xxxxxxxxxxx> made the phosphor on my monitor
glow in such a way as to indicate that:

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

There is no oil crisis.

This is the sort of post one should keep and save for future to rebut
Rand.

Why is the cost of oil up, if there is at least not less oil than
there was before gas was $3 a gallon?

Because demand is temporarily exceeding supply.

And your crystal ball indicates that the current situation will get
better and not worse?


Not a crisis mind you but a
shortage based upon current demand.

Yes, it is not a crisis.

You assume the situaton will get better and not worse from what we
have today. Why? I know what we had and I know what we have now. You
seem to think the future is known and that it means cheaper oil.
Again, how?


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.

This statement is a logical fallacy.

You wouldn't know a logical fallacy if it punched you in the nose.

Tough talk from a guy behind a keyboard. But I'll simply note that you
tried to change the subject and didn't address your original claim.
.

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