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["Lisa K.V. Perry" <lisakvperry AT gmail.com>]

On Nov 16, 2007 12:41 AM, Marie McHarry <mmcharry AT gmail.com> wrote:

> And another thing. The older generation (and suspect that dips into
> the baby boomers) have seen incredible technological innovation -- and
> improvement -- in their lifetimes.  People who have seen that kind of
> change imagine that
> anything is possible.
>

In a world of i-this and e-that, with computer processors getting faster and
less expensive every year, with studies of nano-technology, discoveries in
genetics and cracking the DNA code, it is hard to rationalize for the
average bear that there won't be a workable solution to supplement and
eventually replace oil.

As the character Vizzini (Wallace Shawn) says in The Princess Bride (1987):
"It's inconceivable."