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Rafael Aguilo
Rafael Aguilo
4 years ago

I’m having my morning coffee wondering if you have realized one thing. As of yesterday, there’s not another energy source cheaper than oil. I’m also trying to figure out if you heard about these news from one of those street yellers of the past, hand wrote this article using a quill on hand pressed paper, in a room lit with a candle, then dressed with hand sewn clothes, went out and walked, rode a bike, or a horse, to hand deliver this piece to your publisher. Don’t forget to keep the wood burning fireplace going. That is, unless you happen to own your own place where you have plenty (and expensive) of solar panels, and wind turbines to power your electronics, so you can have the pleasure of enjoying all the modern amenities you obviously don’t want to have at the moment.

Benedict Waterson
Benedict Waterson
4 years ago
Reply to  Rafael Aguilo

modern amenities are for wimps

Scott Allan
Scott Allan
4 years ago

Obviously you are a globalist with a very green agenda. So I challenge all you green cult zealots stop using every petrochemical created or component in your life.

I know you won’t because you are all hysteria, talk and no action. Without this substance there is no modern heated housing. There is no transportation. There is no mobile phone where you endlessly take selfies to send to your vain and navel gazing cult members.

When I see you in a wooden hut, chopping wood, bucketing water from the local stream and plowing fields with wooden impliments then I will start to take you seriously. As long as I see you on your computer spewing out this sort of rubbish I will continue to know you are a foolish hypocrite.

David George
David George
4 years ago

Nothing about the extraordinary benefits we’ve received from oil and fossil fuels generally?
Have you any idea Peter?
“a liability, a curse, a poison worth less than nothing” – Obviously not.

Nick Whitehouse
Nick Whitehouse
4 years ago

Oh dear!
Peter you are really behind the times.
Single use plastic (derived from oil) is all the rage in the NHS.
Indeed the press were all agog recently about a shipment of supplies from Turkey, and a RAF plane ready to fly back with the shipment. Perhaps I should call it “planement” to help you understand that the shipment is not relying on sail power, but oil!

Pete Smith
Pete Smith
4 years ago

Is that it? Plenty passion but hardly new, balanced or to be frank, interesting.