[lbo-talk] Mo oil, mo oil, mo oil ...

[Gar Lipow]

On 9/5/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On Sep 5, 2006, at 4:52 PM, Steven L. Robinson wrote:
>
> > The bottom line is that nature isn't making any more of the stuff
>
> Actually there are some who argue to the contrary but aside from
> that, as I've said a million times, we'll kill ourselves before we
> burn it all, so the focus on how many decades' supply we've got is
> disastrously misleading. And screaming about scarcity does not
> necessarily make people rational, either.
>
> Doug

Cannot be over-repeated. Peak Oil  Production will occur someday -
maybe soon, maybe not. But we needed to hit peak consumption damn soon
if we want a decent chance of our techical civilization surviving.