Louis,

You need to learn to distinguish between the "original" idea as articulated
by the originator of the idea and the "original" view as represented by the
"vast majority of the discussion I've seen" (as distinct from the "current
view [on the left]." Don't assume that just because the current view on the
left corresponds with the original idea as professed by the originator that
it is somehow more authoritative than the idea represented by the vast
majority of the discussion JIm Devine has heard -- or even relevant to the
discussion at all.

'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you *can* make words mean so many
different things.'

'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master — that's
all.'

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 7/9/2012 11:22 AM, Jim Devine wrote:
> > This is not the original view of "peak oil" but the current view (on
> > the left).
>
> In fact it was. M. King Hubbert, the first American to write about
> peak oil, made it clear that it was all about "easy oil".
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Cheers,

Tom Walker (Sandwichman)
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