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95 comments on Jeremy Leggett discusses the UK Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil and Energy Security

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Ignatz on November 11, 2008 - 12:03am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

So what do you suggest?
The alternative would seem to be a mass die-off, perhaps you feel that we should just be happy about that.

Dave,

Don't much care for censorship which was the point of my comment. I also think that inflammatory remarks are no argument.

On the subject of die-off, which you bring up, maybe it has begun. I won't say why I say that it may have begun, as, following the dictum you have set up, it might compel me to cite chapter and verse, or risk verbal abuse. Besides, I am at heart a very lazy bugger and wouldn't feel like it.

I don't suppose I could say why I think so and have you run your butt off proving me wrong? You know, present a theory and have you knock it down?

While I am at it maybe I could present the theory that the electrical system will fail due to the decrease of net energy in the system, as provided by fossil fuel, over time.

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DaveMart on November 11, 2008 - 6:49am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

My objection is not to the thesis that the grid may break down, but to the assertion of it's inevitability poorly supported by analysis.

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