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		<title>Peak Oil Denial: The Liberal’s Dilemma (Pt 6)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/05/17/peak-oil-denial-the-liberal%e2%80%99s-dilemma-pt-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 09:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Looking Left and Right]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[NOTE: This is the sixth and final installment of a subset of my ongoing series entitled Looking Left and Right (which began here; see Category sidebar for all links). This is about Peak Oil, but addresses the considerations and potential solutions from a different perspective than purely fact-based and/or he-said—she-said ones which too often dominate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peak Oil Denial: A New Batch Of Almost-Truths</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/05/14/peak-oil-denial-a-new-batch-of-almost-truths/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 09:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People who like conspiracy theory are well served by the Oil Establishment&#8217;s ceaseless quest to present world oil supply as sufficient if not &#8216;abundant&#8217;, denying the evidence of Peak Oil, and accessorily keeping a lid on oil prices. [1]
A Peak Oil Denial Sampler
We who feel an urgent imperative to explain the reality and expected consequences [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peak Oil Denial: The Liberal’s Dilemma (Pt 5)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/05/10/peak-oil-denial-the-liberal%e2%80%99s-dilemma-pt-5/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/05/10/peak-oil-denial-the-liberal%e2%80%99s-dilemma-pt-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 09:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Looking Left and Right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Individuals can be expected to give dispositive empirical information the weight that it is due in a rational decision-making calculus only if they recognize sound information when they see it.
The phenomenon of cultural cognition suggests they won’t. The same psychological and social processes that induce individuals to form factual beliefs consistent with their cultural orientation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peak Oil: Capitalism &amp; Sustainability (Pt 7)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/05/07/peak-oil-capitalism-sustainability-pt-7/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/05/07/peak-oil-capitalism-sustainability-pt-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 09:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil Vision]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Last in a series]
Back in November, Naomi Klein offered a fascinating and thought-provoking essay in Nation magazine entitled “Capitalism vs. the Climate” in which she discussed the transformative changes needed if we are to successfully (not a guarantee) and thoroughly address the challenges of our warming planet. Her insights and observations can easily be adapted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peak Oil Denial: The Liberal’s Dilemma (Pt 4)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/05/03/peak-oil-denial-the-liberal%e2%80%99s-dilemma-pt-4/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/05/03/peak-oil-denial-the-liberal%e2%80%99s-dilemma-pt-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 09:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Looking Left and Right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=1660</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We form our beliefs for a variety of subjective, emotional and psychological reasons in the context of environments created by family, friends, colleagues, culture and society at large. After forming our beliefs, we then defend, justify and rationalize them with a host of intellectual reasons, cogent arguments and rational explanations. Beliefs come first; explanations for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peak Oil Reality: In Case You Missed These [# 2]</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/05/01/peak-oil-reality-in-case-you-missed-these-2/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/05/01/peak-oil-reality-in-case-you-missed-these-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 08:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’m passing along some useful/informative Peak Oil-related articles of note which crossed my desk during the prior month … in case you missed them!
Enjoy.
http://www.startribune.com/business/145851905.html
Article by: THE ECONOMIST
04.02.12
Oil: Saudis are burning through it
~~~
http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/energy-futurist/the-last-sip/455
Chris Nelder
04.04.12
The last sip
~~~
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/eric-reguly/oil-price-salvation-wont-be-found-in-the-bakken/article2394553/
Eric Regally
04.06.12
Oil price salvation won’t be found in the Bakken
~~~
http://robertreich.org/post/20538393444
Robert Reich
04.05.12
The Fable of the Century
~~~
http://www.alternet.org/visions/154945/heroes_and_villains:_how_to_tell_the_progressive_economic_story?
Richard Kirsch, New Deal 2.0
04.10.12
Heroes and Villains: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peak Oil: Capitalism &amp; Sustainability (Pt 6)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/04/30/peak-oil-capitalism-sustainability-pt-6/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/04/30/peak-oil-capitalism-sustainability-pt-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Sixth in a series]
Back in November, Naomi Klein offered a fascinating and thought-provoking essay in Nation magazine entitled “Capitalism vs. the Climate” in which she discussed the transformative changes needed if we are to successfully (not a guarantee) and thoroughly address the challenges of our warming planet. Her insights and observations can easily be adapted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peak Oil Denial: The Liberal’s Dilemma (Pt 3)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/04/26/peak-oil-denial-the-liberal%e2%80%99s-dilemma-pt-3/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/04/26/peak-oil-denial-the-liberal%e2%80%99s-dilemma-pt-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Looking Left and Right]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=1658</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of us like to believe that our opinions have been formed over time by careful, rational consideration of facts and ideas, and that the decisions based on those opinions, therefore, have the ring of soundness and intelligence. In reality, we often base our opinions on our beliefs, which can have an uneasy relationship with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peak Oil: Capitalism &amp; Sustainability (Pt 5)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/04/23/peak-oil-capitalism-sustainability-pt-5/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/04/23/peak-oil-capitalism-sustainability-pt-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Fifth in a series]
Back in November, Naomi Klein offered a fascinating and thought-provoking essay in Nation magazine entitled “Capitalism vs. the Climate” in which she discussed the transformative changes needed if we are to successfully (not a guarantee) and thoroughly address the challenges of our warming planet. Her insights and observations can easily be adapted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peak Oil Denial: The Liberal’s Dilemma (Pt 2)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/04/19/peak-oil-denial-the-liberal%e2%80%99s-dilemma-pt-2/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/04/19/peak-oil-denial-the-liberal%e2%80%99s-dilemma-pt-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Looking Left and Right]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The problem isn’t that people don’t reason. They do reason. But their arguments aim to support their conclusions, not yours. Reason doesn’t work like a judge or teacher, impartially weighing evidence or guiding us to wisdom. It works more like a lawyer or press secretary, justifying our acts and judgments to others. [1]
[NOTE: This is [...]]]></description>
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