davep wrote:shortonsense wrote:It is reasonable to ask how many CURRENT prognostications are nonsense as well. If it isn't obvious to you, it certainly is to me, some people are quite wrapped up in their prognostications, and have no sense at all about how poorly such things has worked out in the past.
"Some people" I can accept. But tarring the majority of the board with the same brush as these people is wearing a bit thin.
I do not aim at tarring the majority of the board, I tar crackpots in general. Airline is trying to determine at this very moment what the mix of peaker versus Doomer versus cornie of THIS board. Certainly it is unreasonable for any of my general comments to be taken as applying to only this board when its quite obvious that the real crazies tend to reside elsewhere. However, the general public, coming into contact with peak oil, is not guaranteed to only see THIS board, they see the other places as well. Certainly it is the height of hubris to think that only the mix around here matters in the credibility versus peak oil debate.