Deffeyes: Seven Deadly Sins

I really miss the late-evening television performances of Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon. When Johnny departed this Earth, he left his Malibu beach house behind but he must have taken a BlackBerry with him. I found this in my in box:

Johnny: The Vatican enlarged the list of deadly sins. The ancient seven were lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride. The Vatican recently added seven modern, equally deadly, sins: genetic modification, experiments on humans, environmental pollution, causing social injustice, causing poverty, becoming obscenely wealthy, and taking drugs.


Ed: I’m glad you brought that in. Everything you wanted to know about sin is in that list.

Johnny: You are wrong, ethanol breath. The Vatican didn’t worry about peak oil. We have an additional list of peak-oil deadly sins.

1. Thou shalt not drive an SUV at 70 miles per hour on the freeway, with the air-conditioner running, just to pick up a half gallon of milk at the grocery store.

2. Thou shalt not waste energy and water by enjoying long hot showers.

3. Thou shalt not vote for a presidential candidate who does not speak up about peak oil.

4. Thou shalt not read the writings of Michael Lynch, Daniel Yergin, Jed Mouawad, or ExxonMobil. Pray that they may soon recognize the Truth.

Hubbert’s Peak, Current Events