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It's one of those situations where people will look back and wonder why this resource was wasted, when we knew it was finite. They won't have a concept of comme
by sudomal 13y ago
It's one of those situations where people will look back and wonder why this resource was wasted, when we knew it was finite. They won't have a concept of commercial value and will find it difficult to understand that justification.
- bcoates 13y agoEvery resource is finite, and if the people in the distant past had attempted to preserve the things they found scarce for us we'd probably be quite unimpressed at the results.
- sliverstorm 13y agoIt's not the simple use of a finite resource that is a head-scratcher. It is the outright short-sighted abuse of that finite resource.
- fixxer 13y agoThe problem isn't that the resource was wasted (we can harvest helium from nat gas). The problem is the government stayed active in the market and then mandated this bullshit disappearing act.