The long run is going to depend on continuing R&D, because we are not there yet in terms of those much trumpeted “alternative sources.” Realistically, when it takes 15 units of conventional energy (fossil or nuclear based)to produce one unit of their much cherished hydrogen power, there are very significant hurdles to be overcome. Constraints only are removed if they are not right up against the laws of physics, and they take enormous breakthroughs.

So, given that most R&D is not government funded – and even government funded R&D depends upon tax revenues – the short-run and intermediate term clearly cannot rely on flatlining or contracting our economy or the global economy. Why the junk science and Kyoto crowd do not grasp this is beyond my comprehension.

Short term and intermediate term we need to increase the supply of fossil fuel. There is no other way around this. Also, opposition to nuclear power is downright retarded, if I may be so blunt.

Al Gore and his crowd emit brain flatulence.