Re: [A-List] Peak oil angst hits the NYT

["Gary Santos" <garysantos@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Rick" <rsspam@xxxxxxxxx>
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> >>Rhetorically asked, why, on such an issue such as Peak Oil, must there
> >>be a distinction between the Left and the rest of us?
>
> Amplifying on Tony's response to this question, two things:
>
> 1) see my previous note re: the left-specific features of peak oil
>
> 2) The "left", and I don't mean most democrats, is comprised of
> people who have discovered that there are facts that in the world
> that cannot be discussed in the mainstream media and education
> systems.
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***My thinking is that the "Right" or the present administration has no
choice
but to be silent. From my readings on the matter, no one REALLY knows
since the data needed for a definitive answer is not available. (Although
the
study by Simmons is the best I've seen so far since he examined data on
a per well basis.)

Silence is the only alternative because there is no outlined solution at
hand.
If the administration confirmed Peak Oil without a solution handy, my
goodness,
people and the markets will go wild.

Maybe they are feeding the fact slowly to the public so as to mitigate any
reaction in the markets. I've met a number of people in NYC who still are
not
aware of the issue. ***



>
> we aren't the only folks who know this.  for instance, on the right
> (and i'm _assuming_ they're generally on the right), the michigan
> militia would agree with us on certain taboo features of the real
> world, like COINTELPRO and Waco, for example.  They omit the
> corporate analysis, far as I know.
>
> In any event, it falls to the dissidents of whatever stripe to break
> the silence, more often than not, on many important issues.
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***When you get down to it, I have to agree with you. Just a year ago,
anyone
who wrote about Peak Oil was considered "fringe", even, lunatic. It is a
landmark that the NY Times published the article.***




>
> But if you agree that corporate power and other moneyed elites more
> or less run the country, then the dissident opinions that are most
> shut out will be on the left.  So any issues that challenge the
> legitimacy of the plutocracy will have to be raised by us.  the
> Militia will not be there.
>
> Peak oil is such a beast, i think, as is the market failure
> represented by subsaharan AIDS.
>
> anyway, that's how i see it.
>
> In random news, I had an interesting experience with two new
> acquaintances at work.  One, a Fox News-watching "independent", the
> other, a libertarian.
>
> the libertarian was genuinely concerned about subsaharan AIDS and
> recognized it as a market failure.  His answer was to remove
> government interference in the market -- namely, terminate patent
> protection of US drugs outside the US so african companies can make
> them themselves.
>
> The Fox-News guy didn't turn red, but he certainly showed his true
> corporate stripes.  Very interesting.
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***If there is such a thing as Right, Fox News is it. (I am not on the Right
either.)***


>
> - Rick
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