Replies to post #3228 on The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

[oldberkeley]

Eventually a sufficient number of people will recognize the NYT for the propagandist rag that it is and it will wither away.

LOL. Almost on a daily basis I read and hear people who demonize the Times, then a few minutes later cite something from it to support a favorite position. It's been around for over 150 years, hopefully my favorite paper has just a bit longer to go before it withers. :-)

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.- Albert Einstein

[DewDiligence]

The NYT’s latest anti-hydrocarbon rant:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/business/energy-environment/in-north-dakota-wasted-natural-gas-flickers-against-the-sky.html

“North Dakota is not as bad as Kazakhstan, but this is not what you would expect a civilized, efficient society to do: to flare off a perfectly good product just because it’s expensive to bring to market.”

Let’s see, the NYT opposes new pipelines and considers flaring unconscionable. Well, that leaves one obvious solution: no production of hydrocarbons whatsoever.