Re: [Pen-l] Peak Oil?

[Bill Lear <rael@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 09:26:42 (-0700) Jim Devine writes:
>Doug Henwood wrote:
>> Like I've said many times, it's a far greater danger that we burn all we
>> have than that we're going to run out of the stuff.
>
>right. All else equal, it's a good thing if people believe we're
>running out of oil -- whether it's true or not -- since it pushes
>people to move over to energy sources that are not based on
>petrochemicals. I wish people thought we were running out of coal,
>too.

Actually, isn't this a recipe for disaster?  If people believe oil
will run out, they'll just use more.  Same thing with tuna.  The only
thing that will save us is putting a floor on oil prices.


Bill
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