Comments on: Energy issues: Where shall we point our fingers?

By: Benjamin Napier

Benjamin Napier — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:35:13 +0000

If we take a backseat to communist countries, we will no longer exist. Altruism is not natural.

Keep in mind, one grows or dies. The communist countries of China and Russia will take us out if they can. Count on it. Nature abhors a vacuum.

By: lindsay

lindsay — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:46:46 +0000

Maggie, I agree! People now talk about the prohibitive costs of fighting back global warming. But research and development is where a lot of those later, stop-gap costs can be defrayed.

Dr. Sagar mentioned that research and development budgets spiked significantly in response to the 70’s oil crisis, when the public was immediately alarmed about the costs of oil. I guess that means the current climate crisis is too far up in the atmosphere to shock our budgets into action.

By: maggie

maggie — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:26:46 +0000

America and other western countries have been very slow to use alternative technology, even though scientists have warned about rising carbon dioxide emissions and the devistating effects this will have on the climate also the green technologies have been there long enough for them to be implimented. Its the old story, cost comes before any other reason.

I wonder what the real reason for Americas anxieties are, could they be higher oil prices, after all they are used to paying far less than we do.

We need to increase research and developement budgets in all countries to help developing countries obtain these technologies at a more affordable price.

Maggie

By: a p garcia

a p garcia — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:15:41 +0000

As I understand this article, it is the duty for developed nations to cut greenhouse gases more than developing nations even if emissions from developed nations is more than offset by developing nations.