>>Actually we have a good 100 years of oil left at our present rate of consumption. And more is being discovered all the time.>>
There isn't anything that indicates that consumption is remaining constant. Also, we are all but finished spreading across the earth. Slowly, new discoveries will dwindle. I hope, though, that you are right in your optimism.
>>Solar and Wind at current projections, are both going to be cheaper then fossil fuels with-in the next 10 years. Some would say sooner then that because of recent developoments in nano-tech.
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I would like to see the data behind these assertions. If this projection proves true, it will make me a lot more optimistic.

>>After all, once the government is out of it, we'll still have education for the public, just run by private organizations.>>
Or, under anarcho-communism, we could have autonomous collectives of educators from which to choose. That, or education could be more decentralized, experts in various fields taking on various teaching duties.
Re: population problems
>>And birth control is readily available in any pharmacy.
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Once again, this is not true about the third world where it is most needed.
>>The incentive for people to not breed like welfare moms in the eighties could be partially enforced by government not doing anything. Stop offering tax breaks or any priveleges to anyone choosing to have kids. Stop forcing people to subsidize public schools. Make people responsible for their choices, and their
mistakes.
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Although it is true that some individuals do abuse the child-based incentives of the welfare system, the notion of the "welfare queen" is largely a myth constructed by proponents of welfare reform.
>>And why oh why do you worry about third world countries? The best thing we could do for them is mind our own business.>>
Why worry about the third-world? Why should I worry about people in the US? I mean, Mexico is a shorter drive from my apartment than New Hampshire.

I concern myself with people in general rather than people of any particular nationally. This is really necessary because of the interdependence inherent in the world-capitalist system.
You are right that we should mind our own business. First-world multinationals should get the hell out of the third-world, and indigenous peoples should reclaim the areas' wealth and the fruits of their labor for themselves.
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