QuoteWe are in desperate need of more charismatic spokespersons.

Picky Picky.  Well I won't disagree, and being from Finland (even if not born there) does not help. 

There is an old movie,  Flight of the Phoenix.  In it an aeronautical engineer is putting together pieces of a crashed plane to get something that will fly.  The survivors, a WWII bombing crew is helping.  Their leader finds out this engineer has only designed model airplanes.  That from a factual point of view does not matter.  The physics of flight are the same for model airplanes.  But the commander wisely keeps the knowledge about the engineer to himself.  Facts don't matter.  It was important that the flight crew kept their hopes up.  Lack of faith would be fatal.  They needed to fly to safety or they would die in the middle of the Sahara desert.

Is Finland a real country?

I don't much care about the mini-nukes and Simon's hopium about it.  I do care that Simon is not crazy as a loon like Guy McFearson is.  Simon seems more able to know the difference between bullshit and actual facts better than most.  But at the same time spending more than passing time on 'adiabatic oil' is something he should not have not done.  'I am open to the idea'.

Well I am NOT open to the idea.  More than a few miles down the earth is hot.  Oil gets cooked to gas if it is more than a few miles down.  Basic physics.  Simon should know basic physics.  I am sure he does.  He will do better if he learns a bit about elite psychology and the tools of intentional deception.

That question to me would get a hot response.  I would explain the idea was generated as a thought-stopper by the rich and sneaky.  Created for no other reason than to confuse and misdirect the half curious from asking 'questions' that would disrupt the fossil-fuel bean feed of rich useless eaters.
 
Simon had the knee-jerk reaction of taking the question seriously.  But the question is as serious as asking:  If men grow wings will we still need airplanes?  Questions like this one, and questions about adiabatic oil, do not deserve answers. 

I do understand the presenter wanted the question answered and do not have a problem with that.  But it was a lost opportunity.

Quotethe entire 50 minutes listening to Simon's halting delivery of partially formed thoughts

There is not much about peak oil or global heating that is going to be new info for you and I.  But for most people, Simon's presentation is new information.  For them the thoughts are not so half-formed. 

For years we have heard others say things like 'I don't have anything to say anymore that has not been said.' While that is true most, people still have not heard the info Simon puts out.  Mis-info cancels out the information that leaks through every day. 

If you think you are 'done' preaching the tune, it is time to start over from the beginning.

I confess I posted the video because Simon was interviewed at the Environmental Coffeehouse this week.  I'd like some of the members to know about us.


I left a post on the Environmental Coffeehouse Discord page about Simon.  I mentioned the Diner.  I made the post here at the same time for any people that came to visit.  Discord is very hard to use and log into.  Big Brother heavily censors it.  Professional trolls disrupt discussion.  And that is all you have to do to disrupt an armchair activist!  My comment was deleted.  No surprise there.  Homeland security wins again.

One form of troll is the Guy McFearson disciple who will post a dozen posts on Discord over anyone who claims the end is NOT tomorrow.  There are a few on the Environmental Discord channel.  It is appropriate that oil companies pay these people a salary.  Their thought-stopping is effective.  They make everyone think Doomers are crazy.

Simon is a bit of a lightweight from our point of view.  But we are not running the Diner just to talk to each other.  We actually want discussion, new members, and some growth would be nice.