me: > > we can ignore the "peak oil" stuff while attacking global warming and > > making life more humane.
Doug Henwood wrote: > Seems to me the whole point of peak oil is to make something seem > inevitable that its proponents find desirable, but politically > impossible. We're more likely to break the climate, if we haven't > already, before we running out of oil becomes a serious issue. there's a survivalist segment of the "peak oil" crowd, too. Maybe they imagine a "Mad Max: future, with people wasting extremely expensive gasoline to fight over gasoline. Frankly, I liked "A Boy & His Dog" better. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
