No, it is not a prediction and a certainty. This is where you have to place it in its social context. It is not like evolution, genetics, geology, or physics.
It serves an ideological purpose. It is no more a certainty, saying that the supply of oil is finite, that it is a certainty saying, "Someday it will rain." Both statements are true, both have no meaning. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Perelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 4:39 PM Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Peak Everything > We have been over this ground many times. Peak oil is a prediction and a certainty. > We as economists should know that some things are inevitable -- depleting a fixed > stock will eventually create a peak, but we have no real proof of the exact time. > Gene's point that climate change is a much more pressing problem is right on target. > > -- > Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State University > Chico, CA 95929 > > Tel. 530-898-5321 > E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu > michaelperelman.wordpress.com >
