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Gail the Actuary on April 12, 2009 - 12:03am

Thanks for your thoughts, Peter. You make some good points. Matt works hard at what he does. We probably see so much of Matt that we become more critical than we should be.

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davebygolly on April 12, 2009 - 12:29am

Matt is one of the peak oil greats, along with Deffeyes, Campbell, and several others. There's no disrespect in disagreeing and questioning them on this or that. In that sense, there's nothing wrong in being critical (or getting criticized in turn for that matter!)

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