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In response to "Better start digging underground for your descendants. 'Earth may be too hot for humans by 2300.' -- (link)" by HdnAgnda

Ok. How can you burn fosil fuels at todays rate for another 200 years...when we don't have enough left to burn at that rate for that period of time?

Posted by scorpion May 11 '10, 07:16

Maybe coal, but even then it's very unlikely.

This is "THE SKY IS FALLING!!" science to get grant money. And completely discounts any new technology/science that would yield a cleaner energy source that would become the predominant source.....which is very unlikely.

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more efficient burning techniques? -- nm - zork May 11, 07:30 2
- No, a cleaner energy base source. - scorpion May 11, 07:35 1
  - maybe space to place large collector fields. - Danedukenuuk May 11, 07:38
scentist are just a greedy bunch only thing on their mind is the same as everyone else - Danedukenuuk May 11, 07:27

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Ok. How can you burn fosil fuels at todays rate for another 200 years...when we don't have enough left to burn at that rate for that period of time?

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