paul ehrlich, on the other hand, said that we would run out of natural resources and that the result would be that we will ultimately run up against these constraints. he made a lot of converts in his book. riedl the jim wright along these lines. never mind the fact that we have not run out of any of those resources yet. nonetheless he continued to put this forward. in a debate between the two, julian suggested that it might be useful to put your money where your mouth is. julian wagered that he was right, namely that we had an ability to deal with resource constraints, that the result would be that we would expect to see not only resources going up in price, we would expect to see resources going down in price. if we found ways to utilize the resources at hand, it should result in less scarcity, not more. he rarely left himself off the podium at this notion. julien said -- i tell you what, let's bet $1,000, up eight the resources that you like, i will bet you that the price goes down. if you are right, the price goes up. we will purchase a hypothetical amount of these resources. wit

paul of those roads -- it's crazy trying to get through after storms like this. >>> still ahead at noon, take a live look outside. please stay tuned, meteorologist bernadette woods meteorologist bernadette woods will be backck,, bob ehrlich's real record on energy. lobbyists helped write utility regulations. we got stuck with a 72% rate hike. but martin o'malley got tough on bge, forcing them to pay back $2 billion to consumers. and what's bob ehrlich been doing the past four years? he got paid $2.5 million at a lobbying firm, a firm representing special interests and casinos right here in maryland. that's bob ehrlich-- a 72% increase for us and $2.5 million from special interests for himself. nice work, bob. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. the real andy harris. buried in his website - a promise to replace the tax code with a 23% sales tax and eliminate the mortgage interest deduction. a bush tax panel said families would pay $6,000 more a year. a reagan tax advisor calls it a very dumb idea. but that's not his only bad idea. harris was the only senator to vote against expanding the child care tax credit and against the state's cancer treatment program. andy harris' extreme ideas will cost us. >>> there are