[lbo-talk] Peak Oil or Oil Bubble?

[Jordan Hayes]

> I am perplexed that Doug would say on KPFA Radio
> this morning that 'peak oil is the wrong thing to
> worry about, rather we should be worry about pollution',
> or words to that effect - seems like a false dichotomy.
> In fact peakolistas are saying (among other things) that
> peak oil provides a pratical rationale to promote not only
> alternative energy use methods, but to re-assess the
> worlds' entire industrial model.

On the other hand, you have these people who have hijacked their Prius
electrical systems to allow for bigger batteries and more time on them
than from the factory because of their mistaken belief that a mile on a
battery is better than a mile on gasoline -- even though the electricity
they charge the batteries with comes from burning coal instead of
gasoline which produces, on average, no pollution from a Prius.

I'm with Doug: keep your head in the game.  Let's tackle things like
4mi/gallon diesel trucks and dirty coal factories before we jump on the
"if it's electricity, it must be clean!" wagon.

/jordan