> The New York Times / August 25, 2009 > Op-Ed Contributor > ‘Peak Oil’ Is a Waste of Energy > By MICHAEL LYNCH > ... But we can’t let the false threat of disappearing oil lead > the government to throw money away on harebrained renewable energy > schemes or impose unnecessary and expensive conservation measures on a > public already struggling through tough economic times. > > Michael Lynch, the former director for Asian energy and security at > the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of > Technology, is an energy consultant.
Shane: > That says it all, doesn't it? I don't think it's useful to dismiss someone's argument just because they are associated with politically-incorrect organizations. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. What if we reject any thoughts or data presented by anyone who's associated in any way with immoral and parasitic institutions such as Wall Street? Instead, we should find the logical and/or factual flaws in the argument. By the way, whose interests are served if people are convinced that the "peak oil" theory is wrong? It seems to me that the oil companies win either way. -- Jim Devine / "All science would be superfluous if the form of appearance of things directly coincided with their essence." -- KM _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
