Environment & Energy

kristopher

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12. What evidence do you have that a lack of energy has curtailed development?

Tue Jul 9, 2013, 06:40 PM

Jul 2013

Global energy resources are very, very abundant. The problem isn't, except in some very narrowly defined cases, a shortage of energy resources.

The problems with global development (poverty, hunger, disease etc) are far more complex than that and are rooted in cultural structures that fail to adequately distribute resources. Like food, there is plenty of energy, it simply doesn't get to the right people.

Your theory lack any sort of logical consistency with any evidence that exists outside of a few poorly correlated charts you've built.

What do you actually know about energy usage by individuals?

What prompts high individual consumption, how does it develop?

How does the individual's relationship with the source of energy supply factor into their energy usage habits?

What changes result in decreased consumption?

How, according to your theory, does that decreased individual energy consumption result in creating local conditions for increased energy usage by an individual living in an extremely impoverished region of the world?

Is the path that you posit unalterable?

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Hansen misguided about value of nuclear [View all] kristopher Jul 2013 OP

Nuclear enthusiasts always ignore the "fallout" Demeter Jul 2013 #1

Do energy efficiency initiatives really displace GHG emissions? GliderGuider Jul 2013 #2

Do we have efficiency initiatives on a global level? OKIsItJustMe Jul 2013 #3

Efficiency initiatives are both local and global GliderGuider Jul 2013 #4

That has nothing to do with the OP kristopher Jul 2013 #5

I'm not talking about a minor rebound effect GliderGuider Jul 2013 #8

What evidence do you have that a lack of energy has curtailed development? kristopher Jul 2013 #12

??? I never said a lack of energy has curtailed development. GliderGuider Jul 2013 #14

that's what I thought kristopher Jul 2013 #15

Mmmm. Gee thanx. GliderGuider Jul 2013 #16

Silly GliderGuider ..... oldhippie Jul 2013 #17

Not the first time I've been criticized for colouring outside the lines. GliderGuider Jul 2013 #18

Whatever - I thought i was suggesting the most basic rule of authorship... kristopher Jul 2013 #19

Unsolicited personal advice from a stranger on the internet GliderGuider Jul 2013 #22

Hardly a stranger. kristopher Jul 2013 #24

What's your name? GliderGuider Jul 2013 #27

Grow up. kristopher Jul 2013 #28

So I don't get to know your name? GliderGuider Jul 2013 #29

Nor his qualifications ...... oldhippie Jul 2013 #35

OK, so is it your contention that Botswana would be better off if US emissions were going up!? OKIsItJustMe Jul 2013 #6

My contention is that the USA has outsourced its manufacuring GliderGuider Jul 2013 #7

I don�t believe that is a sufficient explanation OKIsItJustMe Jul 2013 #9

It's also worth considering why emissions went down in that graph caraher Jul 2013 #11

What does the EIA have to say? OKIsItJustMe Jul 2013 #23

Yes, that is the problem with most accounting schemes for greenhouse gases caraher Jul 2013 #10

That really isn't relevant to the OP. kristopher Jul 2013 #13

Earlier post where we discuss "energy efficiency." joshcryer Jul 2013 #21

They don't dispute the 64 gt saved by nuclear power. joshcryer Jul 2013 #20

They are dealing specifically with what he signed his name to in that paper. kristopher Jul 2013 #25

No, they are deflecting. joshcryer Jul 2013 #30

Then Hansen doesn't agree with Hansen. kristopher Jul 2013 #31

They did not say his methods were wrong. joshcryer Jul 2013 #32

I think I'm corresponding with... kristopher Jul 2013 #33

Oops, I forgot, you're the guy who bought Nordell's nonsense. joshcryer Jul 2013 #34

Until a WovenGems Jul 2013 #26