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Who will solve the energy crisis? | 43 comments (43 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Who will solve the energy crisis? (none / 1)

There are those calling the shots (the ultrawealthy/connected) and there are the rest of us who have to live with their decisions.

Here's a workable scenario:

Somebody email Dick Cheney and invite him to join the ET discussion group on a regular basis. Cheney is one of THOSE GUYS who doesn't have to speculate and suggest; he can make it happen.
Get Dicko really hammered on his favorite sauce. Probably pricey but well worth the investment; Migeru ... get on that one; take a whole wad of money from petty cash on my authority.
Ask Dicko what IS GOING to happen over the next 5 years since he's in that inner circle and has the intel. The booze will keep him honest and laughing his ass off. That way we ETers will KNOW what's coming and end the endless speculation regarding a whole raft of problems.

Let's give that a go.

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Sat Jul 26th, 2008 at 09:07:17 PM EST

Re: Who will solve the energy crisis? (none / 0)

Your proposal to bribe Cheney into telling us what's going to happen won't work, because he can't predict when influenza A H5N1 is going to mutate into a form that transmits between humans. Since the associated 25% drop in the global population due to an avian influenza pandemic is "the plan" for solving both the energy crisis and the global warming problems, there's a fundamental gap in our ability to predict the specific calendar for the near future.

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/outbreaks/current.htm

by asdf on Sun Jul 27th, 2008 at 02:48:08 PM EST
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Re: Who will solve the energy crisis? (none / 1)

Two things:

Wasn't really trying to "bribe" Cheney as much as get him into a liquored-up honest mode; no sense hearing the same stale lies over again.
Holy crap, Batman! on that CDC report. Thank You!

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Mon Jul 28th, 2008 at 07:55:20 AM EST
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