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wkwillis on October 17, 2005 - 1:37pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
In classical Adam Smith economics, the dung beetles would have a specialist class of dung beetles to invest in new technologies found by the specialist class of dung beetles that invent new technologies to find new balls of dung.
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step back on October 18, 2005 - 1:47am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Truth is better than fiction.

We have a specialist class of denial beetles:

http://www.insultsunpunished.com/2005/10/18/peak-oil/

Their job is to weave bales of dung into threads of golden words that will allay the fears of the other beetles.

Good job boys.

Keep up the efficient conversion of BS into more BS.

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Stuart Staniford on October 18, 2005 - 3:37am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
The supply of clueless cornucopians is the one thing that some days does seem to be effectively infinite. Don't they feel any need to research the issue at least a little bit before taking a position?
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step back on October 18, 2005 - 10:14am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
True Believers of the Adam Smith religion
NEVER question the DOGMA

The "markets" will provide.

Always have.
Why worry about science and such?
There is an infinite supply of techno-nerds (cheap Dilbert kinds) and solutions.

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