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Re: Yuri receives hypocrite of the week award (was Re: Ecological Economics and Entropy)
In article <584v8u$382@gaia.ns.utk.edu> mbk@caffeine.engr.utk.edu (Matt Kennel) writes:
>
> John McCarthy (jmc@Steam.stanford.edu) wrote:
> :
> : Yes, but what is the actual numerical argument about how fresh water supplies
> : limit population?
>
> Fresh water supplies are substantially constrained by geophysical forces not
> feasibly alterable by human technology, excepting very expensive and resource
> intensive electrolysis.
>
> --
> Matthew B. Kennel/mbk@caffeine.engr.utk.edu/I do not speak for ORNL, DOE or UT
> Oak Ridge National Laboratory/University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN USA/
I trust Matthew B. Kennel is not speaking for those institutions,
because I can't see that electrolysis has anything to do with the
fresh water supply. It does have something to do with getting
hydrogen *from* water.
I also note that Kennel offers no hint of a numerical argument.
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John McCarthy, Computer Science Department, Stanford, CA 94305
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