Peak Oil: Statements Aren’t Always Conclusive – Peak Oil Matters.
Michael Lynch offered that comment early in a not surprisingly vague article arguing peak oil this past summer. [Not that vague is a new tactic for him. Five years ago, Chris Nelder offered a concise analysis of Lynch’s work, and not much appears to have changed]:
For those allergic to facts and reality, it’s easy to understand the consternation expressed by Lynch and his peers. Their antidote—make pronouncements and assume they will serve as the last word—is consistent with their avoid-evidence-at-all-costs approach to a subject with (I assume) unfortunate personal ramifications to their professional efforts.
No doubt adding to their consternation is the fact that some of us poor souls still rely on facts and evidence and reality to make determinations on matters of importance, and “amazingly” we believe that the concepts embraced under the peak oil umbrella are quite believable. We’re willing to review evidence, of course. Without any, however, we remain singularly unimpressed with puffed-up statements which deniers are quick to offer without substantiation.
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