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Peak Oil Theory and the Limits of Growth
I was surfing through blogs on Peak Oil and saw old thread (that, maddeningly, I can’t find again), started by someone asking for a refutation of Peak Oil theory, and his responders were happy to oblige. I found it to be a curious phrasing of a ... 		Jun 19, 2008
2:49:00 PM
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Peak Oil
'Peak Oil Theory' seems to generate an awful lot of hot air. If you google 'debunk peak oil' and read some of the blogs you will see (as most blogs!) an incredible level of arrogance .. the people who are so confident they are right and everyone else is ... 		Jun 18, 2008
9:28:00 PM
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Government for the people. Preventing Conflict of Interest
The people entrust the government and those who act as agents for the government with great powers. Successful practical government requires that the people generally accept decisions made by the government on their behalf. As such, the people have a ... 		Jun 17, 2008
4:57:00 PM
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The Constitution should be Enforceable by Citizens
My vision of the constitution of a democratic country is a contract. It is firstly a contract between the citizens of that country to grant to each other certain rights in return for surrendering certain of what might be considered rights. It is secondly ... 		Jun 16, 2008
4:46:00 PM
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The McDonald's Freedom Test
I’m confused. In the last few years thousands have died in the defense of ‘Freedom and Democracy’. America has decided that it is right to impose freedom on other people, whether they want it or not. Freedom is the defining principle of ... 		Jun 11, 2008
12:28:00 PM
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Divided Mankind
Suppose that mankind divided itself into 2 groups by everyone choosing which group they wanted to belong to. To belong to the first group you must agree to a deal; a mutual agreement among all the members of that group. Each member is to be able to ... 		Jun 10, 2008
12:19:00 PM
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Should governments run lotteries?
This is not a question I ever thought much about, or care much about. I don’t waste my money on lotteries, but why should I care if other people do, particularly if their stupidity reduces my taxes. However a friend asserted strongly that ... 		Jun 8, 2008
9:08:00 AM
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Man on Earth: The Origin of Faith?
John Reader's description of a society whose survival is based on rice production shows how evolution begat faith. Rice is capable of supporting large populations on small amounts of land (think of China, Japan, India) provided that it's needs for water ... 		Jun 7, 2008
12:57:00 PM
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The Exhaustion of renewable Energy
There's a nutty thought. How can we run out of renewable energy? A commenter (who is in favor of biofuels) in rome_food_crisis_sum... 		Jun 5, 2008
11:23:00 AM
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Man on Earth: a depressing thought
This book is a study of various human cultures around the world. It is replete with superfluous detail -- well, delightful detail if you are looking for an interesting read -- but the detail somewhat obscures the message. Each culture that John Reader ... 		Jun 4, 2008
12:03:00 PM
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Gay Marriage vs The Pledge of Allegiance
The Gay Marriage issue isn’t about ‘gay’ or ‘marriage&rsqu... 		Jun 3, 2008
1:25:00 PM
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How does short-term food-aid work?
There’s a food crisis because the price of food has escalated, because there are more people wanting food than there is food available. When the price goes up only richer people can afford food, and the poorest people cannot, so demand and supply ... 		Jun 2, 2008
9:19:00 PM

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