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Benton D Struckcheon

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16. Where in any of what I wrote would you come to the conclusion that ...

Fri Feb 14, 2014, 06:50 PM

Feb 2014

... I would even begin to suggest there's no sub for oil for energy? Please point it out.

That's number one.

Number two, the overarching objection to this pseudo-intellectual crap is that it presumes we can foretell the future.
We can't.
PLUS, the future ALWAYS has turned out to be better than what the Malthusian pessimists think.
To quote Arthur C. Clarke:

Anything that is theoretically possible will be achieved in practice, no matter what the technical difficulties, if it is desired enough. It is no argument against any project to say 'The idea's fantastic!' Most of the things that have happened in the last fifty years have been fantastic, and it is only by assuming they will continue to be so that we have any hope of anticipating the future.

- Hazards of Prophecy, 1962

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but sheeple don't care or worry about these things 4dsc Feb 2014 #1

First you need a civilization...but that's pretty far gone already Demeter Feb 2014 #2

Pretty dismal, although I don't disagree. CrispyQ Feb 2014 #3

Silly. Benton D Struckcheon Feb 2014 #4

Ironic you use the coyote as a counter-point NickB79 Feb 2014 #5

"Both somehow manage to go on, though. " defacto7 Feb 2014 #6

Malthusians can always generate lots of good looking evidence, Benton D Struckcheon Feb 2014 #8

Yes, nothing to be learned from the salinization of Mesopotamia, or deforestation in the ME hatrack Feb 2014 #9

Thank you! hunter Feb 2014 #10

Thank You hatrack … n/t CRH Feb 2014 #11

Well, you know the old saying NickB79 Feb 2014 #12

Progress is the only thing that works. Benton D Struckcheon Feb 2014 #13

Might not need to be Malthus, … CRH Feb 2014 #14

Given your last sentence, what do you suggest as a substitute for oil? Wood? Maybe coal? hatrack Feb 2014 #15

Where in any of what I wrote would you come to the conclusion that ... Benton D Struckcheon Feb 2014 #16

Kick.... daleanime Feb 2014 #7