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Gold/Mining/Energy : PEAK OIL - The New Y2K or The Beginning of the Real End? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: kryptonic6 who wrote (83)2/18/2005 5:54:56 AM
From: Raymond Duray  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1183
 
Jesse,

Here's something new that's guaranteed to cheer you up!

manhattan-institute.org

BLURB:

The sheer volume of talk about energy, energy prices, and energy policy on both sides of the political aisle suggests that we must know something about these subjects. But according to Peter Huber and Mark Mills, the things we "know" are mostly myths. They explain why demand will never go down, why most of what we think of as "energy waste" actually benefits us; why more efficient cars, engines, and bulbs will never lower demand, and why energy supply is infinite. In the automotive sector, gas prices matter less and less, and hybrid engines will most likely lead us to cars propelled by the coal-fired grid. As for the much-maligned power grid itself, it's the worst system we could have except for all the proposed alternatives. Expanding energy supplies mean higher productivity, more jobs, and a growing GDP. Across the board, energy isn't the problem, energy is the solution.

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Now, mind you, the two authors are relentless shills for the right wing ideology and Mike Mills is a paid lobbyist for the coal industry, but they do make some very interesting arguments in this book, as well as in a previous one that I enjoyed called "Hard Green".

Cheerio, then....