tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post113791756439538782..comments2023-12-05T07:50:19.855-05:00Comments on No Oil for Pacifists: Science, Lack Of@nooil4pacifistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-1137988122057212822006-01-22T22:48:00.000-05:002006-01-22T22:48:00.000-05:00Daniel, there was considerable attention granted t...Daniel, there was considerable attention granted the Club of Rome's predictions, these led to Ehrlich's population absurdities. See <B><A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070723/" REL="nofollow">Soylent Green</A></B>. <BR/><BR/>Those Doom and Gloom pronouncements led to much of the malaise of the 70s. Believe me, I remember.<BR/><BR/>It took the time-provided experience that these idiots had no idea what they were talking about to make people take such stuff with a hefty grain of salt -- now the next generation has forgotten all that, and listen to the latest horror show with equally ignorant ears, unfortunately attuned by <I>Captain Planet</I> sensibilities ("All problems are simple to solve! You just have to <I>CARE</I>!!!") and unfortunately armed with <A HREF="http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/01/19/D8F7UO204.html" REL="nofollow">less rational skills than the average Gen-Xers had to work with</A>.OBloodyHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992539380115488567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-1137918330442437312006-01-22T03:25:00.000-05:002006-01-22T03:25:00.000-05:00Hence the so-called "scientific consensus"...I don...Hence the so-called "scientific consensus"...<BR/><BR/>I don't really understand why global warming in particular attracted so much more attention than any of the other comparable scary stories. Maybe I'm just too young, but I don't recall there being the same mass self-hypnosis over global cooling, or Ehrlich's mineral shortages, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com