Posted on 01/27/2011 10:38:26 AM PST by The Comedian
Does this mean I'm going to have to listen to the unbearable whining of the energy business equivalent of Metallica moaning about Napster, assailing me with stories of woe and deprivation because power generation is now distributed peer-to-peer, and there are destitute sheiks who are now down to their last dozen solid gold Rolls Royces?
>>Does this mean I’m going to have to listen to the unbearable whining of the energy business equivalent of Metallica moaning about Napster, assailing me with stories of woe and deprivation because power generation is now distributed peer-to-peer, and there are destitute sheiks who are now down to their last dozen solid gold Rolls Royces? <<
Yes. Yes it does. ;)
OR
our level of understanding is . . . changing . . .
Or
God is playing games with the clueless idiots.
bump for later
I recall reading about a glass-maker during the Roman empire who produced very clear glass for the first time, greatly outperforming all glass by other manufacturers. They complained, and when their complaints reached Caesar, his solution was simple: "Kill him."
Personally, I wouldn’t be investing money in this enterprise. It will take something pretty impressive to convince me that this is not just another fizzle.
Watch the movie The man in the white suit, with Alec Guinness. It is a good expose of the cultural reaction to this sort of thing. Or Google it.
Watch the movie The man in the white suit, with Alec Guinness. It is a good expose of the cultural reaction to this sort of thing. Or Google it.
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