http://www.metafilter.com/33813/Energy-Dreams-and-Energy-Realities/ Comments on MetaFilter post Energy Dreams and Energy Realities Sun, 20 Jun 2004 13:21:11 -0800 Sun, 20 Jun 2004 13:21:11 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/33813/Energy-Dreams-and-Energy-Realities <a href="http://www.thenewatlantis.com/archive/5/cohen.htm">Interesting dissection</a> of US energy/environmental politics and policy along conservative/liberal lines: <small>"We are, it seems, always in some kind of energy crisis, real or imagined. Some worry that our major sources of energy are about to run out. Some despair that our energy-hungry civilization is destroying the natural world. Some believe our quest for energy is driving us into unnecessary wars and unsavory alliances. And some lament that excessive regulations on energy development are crippling the American way of life. When it comes to energy politics, there is no shortage of alarmism, conservative and liberal alike."</small> The conclusion was sorta weak tho, I thought :D [via <a href="http://www.orlingrabbe.org/archive98.htm">J. Orlin Grabbe</a> - NSFW!] post:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.33813 Sat, 19 Jun 2004 11:44:33 -0800 kliuless USA politics energy environmentl http://www.metafilter.com/33813/Energy-Dreams-and-Energy-Realities#689241 <em>Energy production has been a triumph of technology over nature—turning decayed 300-million-year-old plants into useful fuel;</em> And I stopped reading, nature already did the work for us! comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.33813-689241 Sun, 20 Jun 2004 13:21:11 -0800 samelborp