Re: [Biofuel] Key oil figures were distorted by US pressure, says whistleblower

2009-11-09 Thread Dawie Coetzee
Jevons paradox is conveniently ignored nowadays. But the question is not whether Jevons' reaction will occur: it is quite clear from the last half-century that it HAS BEEN occurring. The paradox describes techno-social development in that period, i.e. the emergence of the problem we have now, p

Re: [Biofuel] Key oil figures were distorted by US pressure, says whistleblower

2009-11-09 Thread David Penfold
>I read Matt Simmons' book, and I have to say he makes a compelling > case for Saudi Arabia. It's depressing. But, we'll NEVER run out of > oil if we simply stop using it! Hmmm, if everyone thought the same way, I'd agree. But Jevons Paradox has been used to say that overall this will no

Re: [Biofuel] Key oil figures were distorted by US pressure, says whistleblower

2009-11-09 Thread robert and benita rabello
David Penfold wrote: >Keith, I know your usual response is to say that a lot of peak oilers are >crazy carrying capacity nutters, but it's also embraced by the BNP. So let's >just ignore them both. We need to press the urgency of this issue for >sustainable change. > > I read Matt Simmons

[Biofuel] Key oil figures were distorted by US pressure, says whistleblower

2009-11-09 Thread David Penfold
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