Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:04:11 -0400, Warp wrote:

> >> A solution to global warming? No.  A solution to running out of oil?
> >> Quite possibly.  A solution to having a power generation technology
> >> that a poor uneducated population can use without fear of actually
> >> killing people on the other side of the world when they screw up? Sure.
> > 
> >   Burning coal is only a temporary solution, and a bad one.

> I'd have to agree with Darren here, it may be a bad solution, but unless 
> there is another solution, the alternative is "well, it sucks to be you 
> since you won't have power - deal with it."

  The problem is that if poor countries started increasing their burning
of fossil fuels significantly, *the entire world* would suffer from it,
not just them.

  So if it sucks, then it sucks.

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                                                          - Warp

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