Comments on Titanic Deck Chairs: Human Ingenuity: The Real Renewable Resource

how would you make principled moral arguments rega...

2009-11-14T22:03:20.028-05:00

how would you make principled moral arguments regarding the environment?

I would imagine that you would need to point out that environmentalism is evil and display their contradictory actions first and foremost.

Then recognize and adopt individual rights as a second point. Perhaps also emphasize human ingenuity as an important cornerstone. I think anything that talks about

"As different sectors of the energy industry try t...

2009-11-13T06:07:04.070-05:00

"As different sectors of the energy industry try to compete in today's hyper-regulated non-market, this pandering to both environmentalism and mercantilism ("energy independence" is the new "buy American!") is becoming a common strategy. It's an unfortunate, pragmatic, but also understandable reaction to a market that gets less free with every session of

Interesting connection, Brian. The conflict/power...

2009-11-12T16:42:54.032-05:00
Interesting connection, Brian. The conflict/power paradigm you mention is at the core of postmodernism. I've started to read up on postmodernism since I posted the "socialism evolution chart."

The book I'm reading, "Explaining Postmodernism" by Stephen Hicks, has

Thank you for posting this. It always amazes me h...

2009-11-12T09:04:39.908-05:00
Thank you for posting this. It always amazes me how people view economics and life as some sort of zero sum game.

I was arguing with a high school friend about this recently. He is an academic librarian and has had no connection to the business world whatsoever. He found it absolutely amazing that I would characterize most of my business dealings as mutually advantageous and the

very true and its time the oil industry stood on s...

2009-11-11T04:17:58.128-05:00
very true and its time the oil industry stood on some god damn principles and stopped with their pragmatism. I still recall that congress hearing where the politicians were furious as to why the companies were raising gasoline prices. O'Reilly was crying about it too. Problem is people don't want to live in a market environment and don't want happiness for others. Very sacrificial