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To: HAL9K
Our economic system is based on the fundamental premise that there are infinite needs and limited resources.

When mankind becomes a spacefaring society,

(visit http://www.nss.org/) we will have a situation where there are

Infinite Wants and Infinite Resources

20 posted on 09/19/2007 4:19:22 AM PDT by Young Werther (Julius Caesar (Quae Cum Ita Sunt. Since these things are so.))
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To: Young Werther

A resource is a resource when it is worth more than the cost of production. When it costs more than it is worth it is not a resource. That’s one of the tech definitions the Peak Easy Oil crowd use.


27 posted on 09/19/2007 7:55:15 AM PDT by RightWhale (Snow above 2000', oil above 82: unexplained)
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