Comments on: Julian Simon on the Ultimate Resource (forget about 'peak energy'–worry about peak government)

By: Rob Bradley

Rob Bradley — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:37:41 +0000

Stephen:

Very glad to have you as a reader. Yes, Julian Simon is a father figure to many of the debates raging today.

I am thinking of doing a ‘climategate’ post on how the intellectual establishment treated him back in the 1970s. Climategate did not start with climate.

By: Steven Hales

Steven Hales — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:31:45 +0000

I am glad I discovered your blog. Simon too is one of my favorite economists. His clear thinking and patience with critics is something for which to strive. There is too little of both clearness and patience in debate. Rhetoric dominates and pollutes to the point that it is itself an externality that costs all of us precious time. Keep up the good work here. Clearness and patience will win, eventually.

By: Houston Chronicle Endorses U.S. Offshore Drilling West, East, and Between (BP is ‘back to petroleum,’ not ‘beyond petroleum’) — MasterResource

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:54:25 +0000

[...] the coal, oil, and gas ‘bridge’ will be for decades and even centuries so long as the ultimate resource can tap the master [...]

By: Neil S

Neil S — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:36:31 +0000

One of the my favourite qoutes which I believe is attributed to JS is:

‘with every mouth comes two hands and a mind’.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:23:44 +0000

rob-I was thinking it should be plural because of “forms” but my instincts failed me. And you know he just might be this one time.

By: rbradley

rbradley — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:38:00 +0000

“Worst” is singular, Andrew.

Maybe Gore is correct on this one….

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 10:49:37 +0000

Gore’s grammar doesn’t seem quite right. Should that be an “are” or am I crazy?

By: GORE LIED

GORE LIED — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:52:42 +0000

Thanks for that. Simon is one of my heroes, and under-appreciated for his contribution to free market thought. I loan my copy of Ultimate Resourse II to whoever I can get to read it. It’s truly a mind-expanding book.