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Old August 15th, 2009 #51
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How can the "peak-oil" Luddites be so certain that every barrel of oil on Earth is accounted for, every reserve known, no new fields waiting to be discovered, and if found, forever unaccessible?
Why do they insist that all of us be dragged kicking and screaming back to an Amish-like existence?
(Fine for the Amish but I don't like horses, they scare me, they poop too much, and it makes my ass sore to ride them.)
When discussing "peak-oil" I'm always reminded of a line from the movie The Formula when the L.A. detective character played by George C. Scott says to Marlon Brando, portraying the CEO of a multi-national oil conglomerate,:
"You're not in the oil business, you're in the oil shortage business."
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