[lbo-talk] Oil Is A Renewable Resource! Take That, You Peaksters!

[Joseph Wanzala]

I don't see how one can rejoice in being 'right' or on the winning side to the extent the winners are in the 'yes there's more oil alright' camp.  While it remains unclear who will ultimately be proven 'right' in this debate, it seems to me that one would ideally prefer the peak oilers to be right - no? After all, more oil only means increasing asphyxiation of the planet and makes the imperative of a fundamental shift to a different energy system less likely.> Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 19:35:13 -0700> From: mike_larkin2001 at yahoo.com> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Subject: [lbo-talk] Oil Is A Renewable Resource! Take That, You Peaksters!> > http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn10152005.html> > "And increasingly, I don't believe we're about to run> out of oil. I hang my hat on the views of Dr.Thomas> Gold (founding director of Cornell University Center> for Radiophysics) as outlined in his 1999 book, The> Deep Hot Biosphere.> > Gold's view, supported by many well qualified people,> is that oil doesn't come from dead dinosaurs and> kindred organic matter. Gold argues strongly that oil> is a "renewable, primordial soup continually> manufactured by the Earth under ultrahot conditions> and tremendous pressures. As this substance migrates> toward the surface, it is attached by bacteria, making> it appear to have an organic origin dating back to the> dinosaurs." Oil, Earth's renewable resource! Ethanol> is an attractive alternative, as Brazil is proving.> But ethanl will be a tough sell here, so for the time> being I'll stay with the winning side."> > __________________________________________________> Do You Yahoo!?> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ___________________________________> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk
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