[Novalug] OT: High speed passenger trains

[cmhowe at patriot.net]

>
>> With the advent of power from fusion -- two apparently viable, don't
>> know
>> about the other two -- we can assume that enough power will be available
>> to do anything. That is my perception.
>
> I'm afraid your perception is wrong. Pity, though: it would have been
> nice.
>
> Instead of working on the supply side (more power, water, food, etc.),
> maybe it's time to start thinking on the demand side: fewer people
> (but everyone just as well-off as those of us who are well-off are).
>
> ;-)
>
> Nino
>
I am in favor of a decrease in the world's population. Given the way the
world is reacting to the crisis, with the US and China the most culpable
and India and Russia next, it looks like it is going to happen, but in an
extremely painful way.

Read slashdot.org all the time and you will see how we MIGHT be able to
pull out of this mess.

Charlie