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Excellent essay, Tibor! A few related thoughts ...

I know an environmentalist, and she's freezing in northern Minnesota -- because of high heating costs (but Alaska is safe from mans' dirty hands).

I know a devout Jehovah's Witness, and she's a morally-muddled, rule-breaking opportunist (but repenting during the 1000-year Armageddon, ought to guarantee her eternal and infantile life on earth -- under the fatherly rule of King Jesus and the 144,000 chosen elders).

And I know a Christian Scientist, and she's all covered with skin lesions like a damned leper (sadly, she must feel that she's not praying hard enough -- or that she actually deserves this state of affairs).

Take these 3 familiar cases, and mutliply them by 100 million -- and I think I can see the scope of importance that your essay casts.

Ed

(Edited by Ed Thompson on 12/16, 12:05pm)

Post 1

Friday, December 16, 2005 - 6:13pm

I don't understand Machan's grievance against environmentalists as the cause of a constrained oil supply. According to BP's own statistics (requires Adobe), daily oil extraction increased nearly 20% from 1994 to 2004. If environmentalists have tried to interfere with the growth of the oil industry, they haven't done so all that effectively.

Post 2

Saturday, December 17, 2005 - 12:20am

Mark, maybe it would have increased by 21% if it wasn't for the environmentalists. Also, maybe gas prices would be $1.50 a gallon if it weren't for the environmentalists. Just because they haven't stopped the growth of oil production and usage doesn't mean that they are impotent.

Post 3

Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 3:30am