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Old May 20th, 2006, 05:21 PM posted to rec.travel.europe
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Default Saudi Arabia opens its doors to tourists


poldy wrote:

If expensive energy and global warming reshape the topology of the
wealthy nations, how many members of the populations of those countries
will be able to continue our energy-intensive pursuits?



- Man is a very industrious creature and suitable new sources of energy will
be found...the Chicken Littles currently braying about the End Of
Civilisation As We Know It were the same ones back in the 19th century
predicting the imminent end of civilisation because wood for fuel was being
rapidly depleted. Their concerns were rendered moot by the discovery of new
energy sources...

- Why is "global warming" necessarily a bad thing...???

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Greg