Jim Devine writes:

>> right. All else equal, it's a good thing if people believe we're
>> running out of oil -- whether it's true or not -- since it pushes
>> people to move over to energy sources that are not based on
>> petrochemicals. I wish people thought we were running out of coal,
>> too.

Hmm.  Charles Brown has defended the Soviet Union, whatever its faults, in that 
it replaced "superstition" with enlightenment, but you appear to be advocating 
that it is good in certain cases for the masses to be misinformed.  So Plato 
Devine, what other noble lies do you recommend that the masses believe?

David Shemano
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