Energy Supplies (was: Co-state variables)

jf noonan jfn1 at msc.com
Tue May 19 11:27:36 PDT 1998


On Tue, 19 May 1998, Brad De Long wrote:


> Re:
> >>
> >> There is nothing "inherently" "fossil" "about" "coal" "or" "oil" "either".
> >>
> >
> >Nonsense. Coal and oil are formed geologically, and short of
>
> >laboratory exercises in studying their formation, none is produced any
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >other way. There are quite practical methods for generating methane
> >outside of geologic processes.
> >
> >
> >--
> >
> >Joseph Noonan
> >jfn1 at msc.com
>
> Reread what you wrote...
>

Excuse me? What is unclear? There is no practical (i.e. for the purpose of generating power) method of producing coal or oil other than the geologic method.

--

Joseph Noonan jfn1 at msc.com



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