From: Jeff Shultz 

On Sun, 08 May 2005 11:52:06 -0400, Geo wrote:

> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:427e25e5{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>> Not people of 1805, but now, yes I do expect that we could do it.
>> Money's another matter, and the leaders of our country wouldn't do it,
>> but that doesn't mean it shouldn't, or couldn't, be done.
>
> It's difficult to explain why it won't work without a historical record I
> can point to. For example in 1805 there was no electrical power to speak
> of. Big changed have happened since then but I'll try to show you looking
> out to the future instead.
>
> Ok I'll give you an example of the sort of thing that makes it impossible.
>
> Formulate your plan to address greenhouse gas emissions today.
>
> Tomorrow news breaks of a new scientific discovery making it possible to
> create electricity directly from seawater with CO2 as the only byproduct.
> This can be done for 1/1000th the cost of any other means of producing
> electricity. Not only can it power the economy but it's compact enough
> that cars can now run on seawater instead of gasoline.
>
> It now makes more sense to find a way to convert co2 into something else
> and build huge co2 conversion plants instead of trying to avoid producing
> co2 but the technology doesn't exist today however we do know it's
> possible in the near future. Best estimates are that in 10-15 years we
> could have these plants online.
>
> Gahead, tell me how this doesn't totally hose any plans you came up with
> today.
>
> Geo.

Not convert CO2 - sequester it, dump it to the bottom of an ocean trench or
somesuch. Trees might enjoy the increase though.

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