Métanle que se termina el petróleo, de George Will:
In 1914, the Bureau of Mines said U.S. oil reserves would be exhausted by 1924. In 1939, the Interior Department said the world had 13 years worth of petroleum reserves. Then a global war was fought and the postwar boom was fueled, and in 1951 Interior reported that the world had ... 13 years of reserves. In 1970, the world's proven oil reserves were an estimated 612 billion barrels. By 2006, more than 767 billion barrels had been pumped and proven reserves were 1.2 trillion barrels. In 1977, Scold in Chief Jimmy Carter predicted that mankind "could use up all the proven reserves of oil in the entire world by the end of the next decade." Since then the world has consumed (BEG ITAL)three times(END ITAL) more oil than was then in the world's proven reserves.
But surely now America can quickly wean itself from hydrocarbons, adopting alternative energies -- wind, solar, nuclear? No.
Me encantó el cierre de la nota:
Today, there is a name for the political doctrine that rejoices in scarcity of everything except government. The name is environmentalism.
Excelente. Pensar que cuando era chico estaba preocupado por el fin de los recursos, hasta que empecé a leer de economía.
ReplyDeleteMe ganaste de mano, venìa a postear la última frase... genial y demoledora.
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