It is a dream of a bridge then is it bart? I recall one of my very first engineering lectures – eager little things we were with the world opening before us – that anyone could build a bridge. Engineers can do it cost-effectively. The sole function is minimising materials and maximising efficiency.
So if you build a bridge I would no doubt load test it first – but otherwise have no problem at all. A party of politicians in Humvees should do the trick. We had a Minister of the Crown long ago who was 7ft tall and 400lbs. He had a penchant for cutting ribbons. So we would get him to load test just about everything. Stand over there while we take a photo.
But the idea of an economist with a slide rule is a vision of hilarity. Are you really an economist or are you just joshing us? And what makes you think that the Reserve Bank needs my help setting interest rates. I had nothing to do with setting the system up. Although this was Hayek’s central economic concern. In more than 20 years of growth – this is a bridge crossed many times.
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So in just what manner would you exercise your economist slide rule? I know – you want your money. I am sure that I don’t have it – but if I see it lying around I will be sure to let you know. But then again I am sure from my immense breadth of reading and experience – of engineering, environmental science, economics, philosophy and the many other areas – that there are much more effective, pragmatic and practical measures to mitigate carbon emissions. Trust me I’m a professional environmental scientist.
