Re: Time to cut our dependence on and therefore our interest in the...

Jerry Okamura wrote:
"Alan Lichtenstein" <arl@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:z6idnYDHKIV_JZTeRVn-qQ@xxxxxxxxxx

Jerry Okamura wrote:


"Alan Lichtenstein" <arl@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ydGdnaoDpK8TlpTeRVn-gA@xxxxxxxxxx


Jerry Okamura wrote:


It certainly does matter, Jerry. You posted what will happen and I asked you if you thought that it was a good thing if people could not afford gas. Kindly answer the question.


And I said, it really does not matter, because if demand for oil outstirps supply, then by definition the price of the oil will rise and you either have to figure out a way to not have to buy the stuff, or you suffer the consequences.

I know what you said, Jerry. You don't need to repeat it. But I then asked you if you thought the consequences of people not being able to purchase gasoline as a result of YOUR solution was a good thing. don't you wish to answer the question? Your avoidance leads to the conclusion that you don't want to answer the question out of fear of being taken to task for it.


If some large object from outer space hit this earth, it is not a good thing. If global warming or for that matter if global cooling occurs it is not a good thing. If a super volcano blows its top it ain't a good thing. There are a whole lot of things that can happen, that are not "good things". Obviously, if the world runs out of oil (highly unlikely in the near future) that is not a good thing. My argument is not whether it is a good thing or not, because the simple fact is that sometime in the future, regardless of what we do now, we will run out of oil, because as I believe you said, it is a "finite" resource. You believe we should take drastic action now, and I don't believe we need to take any drastic action, because we will adjust. It may not be pretty, but we will manage to survive without oil, or we will not.


Jerry, you're begging the question. Please allow me to refresh your memory. You have been advocating letting the market rise in prices determine what we should do and when we should do it. Given that, prices will rise to the point when there will still be oil available for purchase, but the cost will place it out of the reach of most Americans. That said, and UNDERSTOOD, Jerry, UNDERSTOOD, for that is a DEFINITE consequence of unrestricted market forces, WHICH YOU ARE ADVOCATING. I asked you if you felt that such a set of circumstances was a good thing. Kindly answer 'yes' or 'no,' with any embellishing statements you choose to make.

But answer the question. You still haven't answered it. You've avoided a direct answer. Don't you wish to provide one?

			Alan
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