Jim Devine: did anyone say that "the market" was "trustworthy for solving" [allegedly peaking oil]?
^^^^^ CB: They didn't say precisely "the market is trustworthy for solving " it. I don't attrbute this claim to Steven Robinson , but he referred to "some" who think this. Steven Robinson said in the post to which I was responding:
"That is the BIG question. Some (including many socialists) would argue that an alternative will emerge only when the cost of oil makes other energy sources economically viable - in other word, the 'free market will work its magic.' "
Claiming that the alternative will emerge when the free market works its magic is synonymous with thinking that the market is trustworthy for solving it.