There's a flaw in this logic: > I would like to caution not to put too much weight > on people who speak > about the end of civilization. James Howard Kunstler > used to be part of > LaRouche's political organization which is more a > sect than anything else.
Discrediting Kunstler wouldn't invalidate all "people who speak about the end of civilization". Kunstler is only one of many who are commenting on these issues. He is only a social critic, and has rather idiosyncratic views at times (though I've never seen anything connecting him to LaRouche - can you cite a source?), so I prefer to pay attention to the scientists and technical specialists who have brought peak oil to our attention and who actually crunch the numbers on how much oil can be replaced by other energy sources. See www.theoildrum.com, www.peakoil.net, writings of Colin Campbell (starting with the late-90's article in Scientific American), Kenneth Deffeyes, Matthew Simmons, and the original work of Hubbert in the '60's. Once you get started you will find a wealth of material, and you can judge each source for yourself. Check out http://energybulletin.net/primer.php for a primer. Joe ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html
