Since any attempt so far to get a discussion going on the theological and scientific origins issue has gone over like a lead zeppelin, how about we talk about energy?
In the year 2114, do you
1) Believe that Peak Petroleum will have occurred? Or do you accept at all the concept of Peak Oil, Natural Gas, and Coal?
2) Assuming that fossil fuels will be more or less obsolete by 2114, what energy sources will have replaced them? Bear in mind that the U.S. alone consumes power at the rate of circa 3.1 Terawatts, and that something like 85% of primary energy in the U.S. comes from fossil fuels. (The U.S. consumes about 25% of the world's oil and has about the same percent of economic productivity.)
Hopefully this topic will generate some interest, as power is sine qua non for the existence of modern civilization, and conservation, though wonderful, can only do so much.
K54
In the year 2114, do you
1) Believe that Peak Petroleum will have occurred? Or do you accept at all the concept of Peak Oil, Natural Gas, and Coal?
2) Assuming that fossil fuels will be more or less obsolete by 2114, what energy sources will have replaced them? Bear in mind that the U.S. alone consumes power at the rate of circa 3.1 Terawatts, and that something like 85% of primary energy in the U.S. comes from fossil fuels. (The U.S. consumes about 25% of the world's oil and has about the same percent of economic productivity.)
Hopefully this topic will generate some interest, as power is sine qua non for the existence of modern civilization, and conservation, though wonderful, can only do so much.
K54
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