tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post3396423194622400002..comments2024-03-29T04:05:35.407-07:00Comments on We Live In A Political World: #339 / Technology Versus PoliticsGary A. Pattonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15049925834933920507noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post-81025064508736188892015-12-05T15:37:24.480-08:002015-12-05T15:37:24.480-08:00You might as well have said:
"Oh no! My king...You might as well have said:<br /><br />"Oh no! My king is in check! The rules of chess are what got us to where we are. Looking to pieces on the chess board to deal with the problem of being in check is not going to work. At least, that's my view!"@PhysicsPolicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04664172982768472896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post-35630145776144772592015-12-05T15:35:35.625-08:002015-12-05T15:35:35.625-08:00Your view doesn't logically follow.
First of ...Your view doesn't logically follow.<br /><br />First of all, it's a false premise to imply the economic marketplace is a necessary or sufficient condition for anthropocentric climate change. Anyone can burn coal, regardless of the type of socioeconomic system they live in.<br /><br />But even if the economic marketplace is a necessary or even sufficient condition for anthropocentric climate change to occur, it wouldn't follow that this particular socioeconomic system couldn't also contain a mechanism for solving the problem.@PhysicsPolicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04664172982768472896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post-43834923366455658002015-12-05T15:26:54.389-08:002015-12-05T15:26:54.389-08:00Yes, ultimately, the people have the power in a de...Yes, ultimately, the people have the power in a democracy. But US energy policy is not run according to public opinion. That's because policy is made (written by, voted on, etc.), proximately, by baccalaureates.@PhysicsPolicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04664172982768472896noreply@blogger.com