Excuse me, you obviously haven't read closely anything written. I could care less about Hubbert as a person. I have criticized the ideology of Hubbertism and his followers, the real meaning of their apocalyptic pseudo science.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Carrol Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 5:13 PM Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Hubbert's peak > sartesian wrote: > > > > It is possible to twist and turn and refer to statistical relativism and do > > all sorts of things to make Hubbert appear less Hubbertist than he was and > > his predictions appear more accurate than they are, but doing that obscures > > the kernel of the Hubbertist message-- and that message is not one of > > conservation, price increases, tax, etc... It is quite clearly a message of > > approaching apocalypse, an absolute, irreversible, depletion of hydrocarbon > > fuels. > > You seem obsessed with a particular person, Hubbert, rather than really > interested in the topic. Clearly many people have taken some things from > Hubbert but have formed their own perspective around what they take from > him. Your post resembles someone attacking Einstein because he took > Newton seriously. > > What needs to be debated is the views of those involved in the debate, > not an antiquarian issue about some particular person not involved in > the debate. > > Carrol
