[IP] more on The Long Emergency

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: John David Galt <jdg@diogenes.sacramento.ca.us>
Date: July 17, 2005 4:14:14 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Re: [IP] more on The Long Emergency


Tom Sobczynski writes:


> It is highly doubtful that we will be able to feed >6 billion  
> people  by mid-century, much less whisk them about the country on a  
> sleek new  rail network along with oodles of consumer products from  
> 12,000 miles  away.

Both this and the original article are so ridiculous it's laughable, or
would be if it weren't being used by busybodies as a basis for laws
prohibiting the comfortable lifestyles we've paid for and are entitled
to keep.

You need to read "The Ultimate Resource 2" by Julian Simon, which
disproves the entire "peak oil" scenario.  Then if you still disagree,
I'll be glad to make the same bet with you that Simon made with Paul
Ehrlich.

Left wingers and their media are always telling you the sky is falling
because they want to exploit your fears.  The worst thing about  
democracy
is that people so ignorant that it works on them still get to vote.




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