Comments on: Global Warming: Blessing in disguise? http://viridia.org/2008/08/24/global-warming-blessing-in-disguise/ Imaginative Projects and Interesting Ideas Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:40:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Tim Schultz http://viridia.org/2008/08/24/global-warming-blessing-in-disguise/#comment-31515 Tim Schultz Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:01:57 +0000 http://viridia.org/2008/08/24/global-warming-blessing-in-disguise/#comment-31515 Truly a positive take on the situation. I would like to think that now is the time for innovation. America is a strong nation because we usually come face to face with these situations and excel. Mostly because our free market attracts brilliant minds. I just saw that Google put up this Project 10 to the 100 (http://www.project10tothe100.com/index.html) that seems to push the theory that our free market will do what it can to get over this hump. Tesla Motors have shown a viable battery solution. Hopefully their 60k car and 30k car will come out sooner than later and push the auto market into breaking their long ties with the gasoline companies. Of course then they may team up with Edison and other power companies to start feeding the green eyed monster there. P.S. You used to know my father Gary Schultz. I was playing Faery Tale Adventure a year or so back when I had a Amiga enulator working on my OSX machine. Still a fantastic game. Love that witch and the golden lasso. Found your site very randomly through a valleywag.com article. Hope you are doing well and still have that bastard knife I have dreamt of owning since I was 10. Truly a positive take on the situation. I would like to think that now is the time for innovation. America is a strong nation because we usually come face to face with these situations and excel. Mostly because our free market attracts brilliant minds. I just saw that Google put up this Project 10 to the 100 (http://www.project10tothe100.com/index.html) that seems to push the theory that our free market will do what it can to get over this hump. Tesla Motors have shown a viable battery solution. Hopefully their 60k car and 30k car will come out sooner than later and push the auto market into breaking their long ties with the gasoline companies. Of course then they may team up with Edison and other power companies to start feeding the green eyed monster there.

P.S. You used to know my father Gary Schultz. I was playing Faery Tale Adventure a year or so back when I had a Amiga enulator working on my OSX machine. Still a fantastic game. Love that witch and the golden lasso. Found your site very randomly through a valleywag.com article. Hope you are doing well and still have that bastard knife I have dreamt of owning since I was 10.

]]> By: Basalt http://viridia.org/2008/08/24/global-warming-blessing-in-disguise/#comment-30870 Basalt Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:23:01 +0000 http://viridia.org/2008/08/24/global-warming-blessing-in-disguise/#comment-30870 Actually the point about 'pollution' supports Talin's argument. The immediate effects of pollution were bad enough to cause a switch to less polluting engines, even though they are more expensive. What makes Global Warming different is that C02 is a fundamental element of the use of organic fuels, so fixing that pollution will require switching fuels. Even if it's more expensive. Actually the point about ‘pollution’ supports Talin’s argument. The immediate effects of pollution were bad enough to cause a switch to less polluting engines, even though they are more expensive.
What makes Global Warming different is that C02 is a fundamental element of the use of organic fuels, so fixing that pollution will require switching fuels. Even if it’s more expensive.

]]> By: red craig http://viridia.org/2008/08/24/global-warming-blessing-in-disguise/#comment-30864 red craig Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:58:01 +0000 http://viridia.org/2008/08/24/global-warming-blessing-in-disguise/#comment-30864 Your pessimistic outlook could be too optimistic. The world has known for decades that burning fossil fuels kills people by the many thousands, attacks plant life, and poisons the soil and water in all its locations. That should have been ample reason to turn away from fossil fuels. Those harms have been immediate and direct, while global warming is still moderate and indistinct. It's hard to see how the threat of climate change could be more effective than the actuality of pollution. Your pessimistic outlook could be too optimistic. The world has known for decades that burning fossil fuels kills people by the many thousands, attacks plant life, and poisons the soil and water in all its locations. That should have been ample reason to turn away from fossil fuels. Those harms have been immediate and direct, while global warming is still moderate and indistinct. It’s hard to see how the threat of climate change could be more effective than the actuality of pollution.

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