Re: Hubbert's peak

[sartesian <sartesian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Excuse me, you obviously haven't read closely anything written.  I could
care less about Hubbert as a person.  I have criticized the ideology of
Hubbertism and his followers, the real meaning of their apocalyptic pseudo
science.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Carrol Cox" <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <PEN-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Hubbert's peak


> sartesian wrote:
> >
> > It is possible to twist and turn and refer to statistical relativism and
do
> > all sorts of things to make Hubbert appear less Hubbertist than he was
and
> > his predictions appear more accurate than they are, but doing that
obscures
> > the kernel of the Hubbertist message-- and that message is not one of
> > conservation, price increases, tax, etc...  It is quite clearly a
message of
> > approaching apocalypse, an absolute, irreversible, depletion of
hydrocarbon
> > fuels.
>
> You seem obsessed with a particular person, Hubbert, rather than really
> interested in the topic. Clearly many people have taken some things from
> Hubbert but have formed their own perspective around what they take from
> him. Your post resembles someone attacking Einstein because he took
> Newton seriously.
>
> What needs to be debated is the views of those involved in the debate,
> not an antiquarian issue about some particular person not involved in
> the debate.
>
> Carrol