article that the oil companies don't want you to see

blondie58

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Sat Feb-17-07 08:24 AM
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article that the oil companies don't want you to see

http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/3998

this shows how global warming/climate change is not an environmental problem, but rather an energy problem. I found it to be a very interesting read.

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Extend a Hand

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Sat Feb-17-07 09:19 AM
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1. they'll never admit it.

Edited on Sat Feb-17-07 09:20 AM by sad_one

And even worse. Once oil has definitely peaked and becomes more scarce and expensive, instead of asking people to make positive lifestyle changes they'll turn to dirty and even more destructive means to maintain the "American lifestyle" for as long as possible.

I just can't find any optimism these days.

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Javaman

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Mon Feb-19-07 04:14 PM
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2. Soylent Green Oil is humans!!! nt

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Mon Feb-19-07 04:32 PM
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3. Thanks for that.

Edited on Mon Feb-19-07 04:35 PM by GliderGuider

Klare makes some very sharp points. There is a subtext to this article though, like there is to so many others written by clear thinkers on the fossil fuel/global warming conundrum. That subtext is in an unspoken three-word clause whose existence is acknowledged only subliminally.

You can sense it in this excerpt:

If, however, we seek to protect the climate while there is still time to do so, we must embrace a fundamental transformation in our energy behavior: nothing else will make a significant difference. In practice, this devolves into two fundamental postulates. We must substantially reduce our consumption of fossil fuels, and we must find ways to capture and bury the carbon by-products of the fossil fuels we do consume.

The missing clause? "We must...but we won't."

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