Debate Summary - SPS vs. Wind/Solar/Hydrogen

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Thread: Debate Summary - SPS vs. Wind/Solar/Hydrogen

# 18576 byChuck Divine on Dec. 1, 2003, 8:03 p.m.
Member since 2022-08-22

> (...)
> > I myself have felt this way in coutries as diverse as Germany and Suadi
> > Arabia. Also, despite what the PC elite here in the US think, most other
> > cultures are far less tolerant of xenotypes, and this would further
> hamper
> > their efforts on acclimating in the US. Subjective things like 'the
> > tasteless food' are ridiculous arguments - I can assure you 100% that
> the
> > most diverse array of cusines is right here in the US. Having spent a
> good
> > protion of my adult life overseas, I learned this first hand.
> (...)
>
> Valens, I really, really enjoyed your anti-Luddite argumentation, but I
> can't resist to disagree in this part: the tasteless food thing is a
> verifiable fact :-). Well, at least with Brazilians - I personally know
> a few tens of Brazilians who have been in the US and I can't remember
> anyone apologizing the food; on the other hand, I remember many colorful
> descriptions saying things like "all the food there taste as oil
> derivatives spiced with chemical essences".
>
And just what do have against cheesy poofs? :-) True All American
cuisine.... No taste, no nutritional value, lots of calories....

In my space colony all the chefs will be French. I don't care what W says.

Chuck Divine