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Originally Posted by jimjamuser
We are like hamsters on a treadmill, always trying to come up with ways to INCREASE energy production - many of which have social costs. Coal and gasoline usage hurts people's lungs and increases Global Warming. Nuclear production produced accidents like Chernobyl. WHY do we need INCREASED energy?
Because of the ever-increasing population and over-population. All animals have a habitat that can be over-grazed or over-fished or over-whatever and then those animals DIE out or become EXTINCT. Humans are no exception! Better to think in terms of BALANCE and QUALITY of life for humans. So, 1st find an OPTIMUM population for the US of A and THEN worry about resources like energy. Energy is just ONE of the many resources needed by mankind for maximum QUALITY OF LIFE !
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There is a price to everything. Since 1990, industrialization has halved poverty and hunger by half.