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A place where liberal politics and yachting collided
I see, this is a provisioning thread.
Small crews work better because their is a lower incidence of cannibalism. Too bad they didn't know this on the Essex. What would you have chosen. To go to sea and face starvation or stay on a resourse poor island? DSK wrote jlrogers±³© wrote: Thank you Professor Maltus. Very good JL. You get the bonus points for Esoteric Trivia. I'm impressed. For those who have no idea what contribution Malthus made, see http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/bios/Malthus.html (the short version) http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~.../3ll3/malthus/ (the detailed version including the actual works of Malthus) Applying Malthusian principles to the energy supply may be valid economics, I tend to lean that way. The reason why we are so dependent on oil & fossil fuels is that the number of watts per dollar is very much greater than anything on the near horizon. So, yes, we will have plenty of energy to power our hi-tech industrialized economy after the oil is gone... the bad news is that it will cost a lot more, leaving much less disposable aggregate income, *until* higher levels of technology bring the cost of that energy down. Most people who tout 'alternative energy' can't do math. Regards Doug King |
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A place where liberal politics and yachting collided
"From my own observations, and the information of Taweiharooa, it appears to
me, that the New Zealanders must live under perpetual apprehensions of being destroyed by each other; there being few of their tribesthat have not, as they think, sustained wrongs from some other tribes, which they are continually upon the watch to revenge. And, perhaps, the desire of a good meal may be no small incitement. Their method of executing their horrible designs is by stealing upon the adverse party in the night; and if they find them unguarded they kill every one indiscriminately, not even sparing the women and children. When the massacre is completed, they either feast and gorge themselves on the spot, or carry off as many of the dead bodies as they can, and devour them at home with acts of brutality too shocking to be described." Thomas Maltus, Principle of Population, p.33-34. Bart Senior wrote: I see, this is a provisioning thread. Small crews work better because their is a lower incidence of cannibalism. Too bad they didn't know this on the Essex. What would you have chosen. To go to sea and face starvation or stay on a resourse poor island? DSK wrote jlrogers±³© wrote: Thank you Professor Maltus. Very good JL. You get the bonus points for Esoteric Trivia. I'm impressed. For those who have no idea what contribution Malthus made, see http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/bios/Malthus.html (the short version) http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~.../3ll3/malthus/ (the detailed version including the actual works of Malthus) Applying Malthusian principles to the energy supply may be valid economics, I tend to lean that way. The reason why we are so dependent on oil & fossil fuels is that the number of watts per dollar is very much greater than anything on the near horizon. So, yes, we will have plenty of energy to power our hi-tech industrialized economy after the oil is gone... the bad news is that it will cost a lot more, leaving much less disposable aggregate income, *until* higher levels of technology bring the cost of that energy down. Most people who tout 'alternative energy' can't do math. Regards Doug King -- jlrogers±³© Never date a woman you can hear ticking. - Mark Patinkin Eschew Obfuscation. |
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A place where liberal politics and yachting collided
Bart Senior wrote:
I see, this is a provisioning thread. Now *that* was funny For another chuckle read http://www.stormy.ca/marine/nancy_bell.html Small crews work better because their is a lower incidence of cannibalism. Too bad they didn't know this on the Essex. Too bad they didn't save one of the whales they killed. It happens on land too, ever heard of the Donner Party? What would you have chosen. To go to sea and face starvation or stay on a resourse poor island? I think I would have stayed on the island, but then I have knowledge of a few tricks that probably hadn't been invented then. It would have been difficult to survive there, but better odds than in a big open rowboat with a bunch of cannibals. Fresh Breezes- Doug King |