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A Failing Doctrine

Akagi2 Wrote: Jan 14, 2010 4:48 PM
"And finally when we can develop alternative energy resources like sun wind and biodiesel from algae why on earth do we want to keep sending all out money to other countries?"

As soon as these become cheaper than oil, they will be. You don't spend more money on something when a cheaper, better alternative is available...simple economics.

PORSTEWART, NORTHERN IRELAND -- A familiar philosophical question goes like this: If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

Here's another: If a doctrine falls, will enough believers admit they were wrong and withdraw support for policies associated with it?

The "doctrine" of global warming, now euphemistically called "climate change," suffered a severe blow last week as much of Europe was buried in record amounts of snow and sub-freezing temperatures. "Experts" who believe in global warming, uh climate change, went on television where they bravely tried...