"The battle of the energy titans comes down to one great contest: nuclear vs. coal."

[Bob Wallace]

71. Point by point...

* The global eco/energy/economic clusterfuck we are now experiencing is essentially unsolvable.

An opinion unsupported by evidence.

*If we do get our shit together as a species it will be after the crisis has played out rather than before.

An opinion unsupported by evidence or history.

*Politics is more often the problem than the solution.

A cynical opinion unsupported by evidence.

*Most attempts to solve poorly understood problems (which this clusterfuck emphatically is) usually create even bigger, less soluble problems.

Another cynical opinion unsupported by evidence.

*The world hit peak oil in 2005.

Possibly, partly correct. We seem to have hit peak "cheap" oil. That does not mean as doomers assume that we are now about to fall off the oil cliff.

* We are within 5 to 10 years of peak food.

Bull.

*Climate change has already passed a tipping point that will result in average global warming of at least 6 degrees C this century.

The majority of climate scientists do not agree with this assessment. It could be correct, but it's an extremist view.

* A human die-off of some degree is inevitable.

Oh, crap. Doomer porn.

* On a personal level I think that's a good thing, because humans have appropriated far more of the planet's capacities and resources than is safe for the continuation of life as a whole.

And now I must admit that I've formed a very low opinion of you. Anyone who thinks having billions of people die a miserable, horrible death via starvation and dehydration is a "good thing" is beyond contempt.