Peak Oil/Hydrocarbon Depletion: alarmist nonsense or reasonable concern?

Who am I kiddin' ?

I am the junkie.

When my testicles descended it was it was literterally into the naugahyde bucket seat of an SS 396 running premium at 32 cents a gallon.

 

US policy really isn't going to matter that much:

China Threatens Massive Venting of Super Greenhouse Gases in Attempt to Extort Billions as UNFCCC Meeting Approaches

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ch...lions-as-unfccc-meeting-approaches-2011-11-08

In a shocking attempt to blackmail the international community, Xie Fei, revenue management director at the China Clean Development Mechanism Fund, threatened: "If there's no trading of [HFC-23] credits, they'll stop incinerating the gases" and vent them directly into the atmosphere. Speaking at the Carbon Forum Asia in Singapore last week, Xie Fei claimed he spoke for "almost all the big Chinese producers of HFCs who "can't bear the cost" and maintain that "they'll lose competitiveness".