On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 2:57 PM marc <marcxdv@???> wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> > > Remember: The citizens of developed democracies are typically
> > > victims of much more sophisticated propaganda than those
> > > living under dictatorships. The propaganda of dictatorships
> > > can be crude as the citizens there don't get to vote.
> > > Democracies need to distract their citizens, to make elections
> > > a pointless spectacle and a sideshow. Don't be a victim.
> >
> > The question arise spontaneously, are you
> > part of this much more sophisticated propaganda?
>
> I totally accept that my claims can come across as
> wild-eyed, possibly even crackpot.
>
> But do look into it some more. My reply was to
> o1bigtenor who cited the IEA on its assessment
> on lithium reserves. The International Energy Agency:
> That sounds like an august organisation full of the
> world's best experts dispensing wise policy advice.
>
> They should know their stuff, right ? Our intuition
> would rate them as trustworthy, not so ?
>
> Well, let's see how their predictions on solar have
> been working out:
>
> https://www.pv-magazine.com/2018/11/20/iea-versus-solar-pv-reality/
>
> What conclusion would you draw from that ?
>
Everyone and everybody gets a by on an occasional flub.
Having actually read all of the report it seems to me that their stuff
on lithium
likely has at least a reasonable amount of validity.
It wasn't what I was looking for but I don't have hours to dig around
to find stuff that will likely be just shot down anyway for whatever reason.

Regards