Reply #90: ???

[GliderGuider]

How on earth do you know what inference I intended? All you know is the inference you drew.

I'll tell you what I actually think, so you won't have to do that any more:

I think that the only thing that has ever made any difference to fossil fuel consumption in the past is nuclear power. I know that the nuclear industry is currently moribund in the US, and it's also flat across the entire globe, with bits of activity here and there. I don't think that nuclear power will be riding to the rescue this time. I would personally have no problems with nuclear power riding to the rescue, but I don't think it's going to. That worries me, because the world has shown a disturbing appetite for dirty black rocks, and wind power is only supplying about 0.25% of global primary energy at this time. Taken together, this makes me think that adaptation to the possibility of continuing climate change is a good strategy.

That's what I think. No inferences necessary.