Contrast that with blue whales, cod and passenger pigeons, all of which plainly renew themselves by breeding. But exploiting them caused their populations to collapse or disappear in just a few short decades. It’s a startling fact that such “renewable” resources keep running short, while no non-renewable resource has yet run out: not oil, gold, uranium or phosphate.
Why does Climate Commissioner Flannery refuse to discuss my idea of using whale meat for baseload power?
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Pigeons definitely can be hooked into the electricity grid - I'm not so sure about burning whale meat. I mean obviously the idea has merit, but is it more renewable than , say, solar?
ReplyDeleteIntuitively, I'm at a loss. I'd love to see Terry McCrann crunch the numbers.