tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864176.post551075390499309472..comments2023-12-01T16:56:04.415+11:00Comments on Peak Energy: It’s (still) a materialist worldBig Gavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00682404837426502876noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864176.post-6443912120624439732014-09-14T09:37:14.589+10:002014-09-14T09:37:14.589+10:00@Nick - Smil is one of those seemingly smart peopl...@Nick - Smil is one of those seemingly smart people who does have a lot of issues. You're right that his car example (and others) isn't particularly relevant as there is no meaningful limit on the resource supply (you could make the same argument about house sizes too I suspect).Big Gavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00682404837426502876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864176.post-76625851483789437002014-09-14T09:34:59.232+10:002014-09-14T09:34:59.232+10:00@EHS I'm always slightly depressed when I loo...@EHS I'm always slightly depressed when I look at the increasing population of mid size SUVs - let alone the monster versions.Big Gavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00682404837426502876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864176.post-81660612841121720922014-09-13T05:41:49.071+10:002014-09-13T05:41:49.071+10:00Everytime I hear that the F150 pickup is the best ...Everytime I hear that the F150 pickup is the best selling vehicle again... I feel like submitting a proposal to NASA to continue looking for intelligent life on earth.<br />Seriously,EHS Directorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11768405187596006599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864176.post-54192710025825687862014-09-12T04:13:45.187+10:002014-09-12T04:13:45.187+10:00Sigh. It's very sad that Bill Gates likes thi...Sigh. It's very sad that Bill Gates likes this guy. His analysis of windpower is badly flawed, and he seems to be a Climate Change denier: <br /><br />http://deepclimate.org/2009/10/19/vaclav-smil-no-global-warming-in-past-ten-year/ <br /><br />This latest argument is pretty content-free. We continue to use minerals freely because they're pretty abundant. Where there are limits, like copper or a few "rare" earths, there are good substitutes. There's no sign of resource-based limits to growth.<br /><br />Climate Change, on the other hand...Nick Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12721405349726668110noreply@blogger.com