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Environment & Energy

Benton D Struckcheon

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7. If you'd bother to actually read what I wrote,

Reply to NickB79 (Reply #5)

Tue Aug 26, 2014, 05:31 PM

Aug 2014

I don't disagree. This person is saying the most "energy intensive" industries wound up in China. Only a completely ignorant person would say such a thing, given that we are a net exporter of food, and our methods of growing food aren't exactly energy efficient.
Next time, read for comprehension.

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Energetic Limits to Economic Growth [View all] GliderGuider Aug 2014 OP

Kick.... daleanime Aug 2014 #1

He's wrong. Benton D Struckcheon Aug 2014 #2

What about the crux of Garrett's argument? GliderGuider Aug 2014 #3

The crux of his and your argument is fatalism in re CO2. Benton D Struckcheon Aug 2014 #8

It's a question of system boundaries. GliderGuider Aug 2014 #11

Funny, you sound very similar to another poster that used to be on EE a lot NickB79 Aug 2014 #4

Jevons is a favourite whipping-boy GliderGuider Aug 2014 #6

"We are self-sufficient in food." NickB79 Aug 2014 #5

If you'd bother to actually read what I wrote, Benton D Struckcheon Aug 2014 #7

Chinese exports to the USA GliderGuider Aug 2014 #9

One more time, Benton D Struckcheon Aug 2014 #10