Re: Space travel by humans is not possible now

On Jan 29, 8:18 am, simberg.interglo...@xxxxxxxxx (Rand Simberg)
wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:37:12 -0800 (PST), in a place far, far away,
Ian Parker <ianpark...@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.

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


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.


Then why does it cost twice as much more than it did a decade ago?

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.


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.

Why is it the job of America to make the rest of the world capitalist
like we are? You sound like you're trying to spread The Word and just
that the message isn't Christianity, rather just another institution
that no one necessarily wants.

People aren't buying America dispensed as a package like you think
they are. Quite the contrary.

Capitalism dispensed like you claim leads to exploitation almost
immediately.
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