Hi Tom T At 11:10 AM 1/26/2001 EST, you wrote: >Dear Peter, > Man's "progress" is really a manner of coping with internal self-doubt >and is a manner of alleviating the internal stresses which we feel for a >"better" life through convenience, pleasure, higher order achievements. Yes -- just finished reading (again) "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck. No TV here -- but lots of old books passing around. > This is certainly no reason to predict the end of humanity. The earth >will certainly still be around regardless if man is here or not. > Not predicting Tom -- just playing with the concept. I do not have life insurance -- medical insurance -- etc -- but I am presently building a hurricane shelter. Two foot thick stone walls surrounding a ten foot square room -- on a stone platform 4 ft above ground level as we do not flood in my immediate area -- but just in case. Don't know if that makes any sense? But it is the kind of insurance I believe in. Guess I live in a different world? Peter >Tom Taylor >The Gasification List is sponsored by >USDOE BioPower Program http://www.eren.doe.gov/biopower/ >and PRM Energy Systems http://www.prmenergy.com > >Other Sponsors, Archives and Information >http://www.nrel.gov/bioam/ >http://www.crest.org/renewables/gasification-list-archive >http://solstice.crest.org/renewables/biomass-info/gasref.shtml >http://www.crest.org/renewables/biomass-info/ >http://www.crest.org/renewables/biomass-info/carbon.shtml > The Gasification List is sponsored by USDOE BioPower Program http://www.eren.doe.gov/biopower/ and PRM Energy Systems http://www.prmenergy.com Other Sponsors, Archives and Information http://www.nrel.gov/bioam/ http://www.crest.org/renewables/gasification-list-archive http://solstice.crest.org/renewables/biomass-info/gasref.shtml http://www.crest.org/renewables/biomass-info/ http://www.crest.org/renewables/biomass-info/carbon.shtml
