It occurs to me that one of the cool elements of research like this is the potential for consumer-level spin-off products. I'm not a fan of the idea that we'll use more oil based products in place of metals for all kinds of things, so not sure how far I'd like this to go as far as spin-offs are concerned.
If Kyoto wasn't a serious plan, why are individual states and cities signing up to it? Do you not think that the country that uses the most energy per person (highest per capita energy needs? Or desires?)would have much of an impact on somethingthat is directly related to how much of this energy is being used if it chose to do something about it?
Not sure about your money cycle argument - when the rich pay for things, they are often paying a large organisation owned by people like them - the rich and upper middle classes, being the main private shareholders (at least in the UK) keep most of their money among themselves, with the poor being given enough to get them to do a job and keep them from rioting about the unfair distribution of wealth.
In the UK the ridiculous amounts paid have meant that the mobile telecoms companies are all having to make budget cuts, in some cases leading to job cuts.
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It occurs to me that one of the cool elements of research like this is the potential for consumer-level spin-off products. I'm not a fan of the idea that we'll use more oil based products in place of metals for all kinds of things, so not sure how far I'd like this to go as far as spin-offs are concerned.
If Kyoto wasn't a serious plan, why are individual states and cities signing up to it? Do you not think that the country that uses the most energy per person (highest per capita energy needs? Or desires?)would have much of an impact on somethingthat is directly related to how much of this energy is being used if it chose to do something about it?
Not sure about your money cycle argument - when the rich pay for things, they are often paying a large organisation owned by people like them - the rich and upper middle classes, being the main private shareholders (at least in the UK) keep most of their money among themselves, with the poor being given enough to get them to do a job and keep them from rioting about the unfair distribution of wealth.
In the UK the ridiculous amounts paid have meant that the mobile telecoms companies are all having to make budget cuts, in some cases leading to job cuts.