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I feel your pain, but apparently the exact form of your response was considered rude. Rephrase and repost? (hint: replace "bullshit" with "nonsense" - people are less offended by that, and it means pretty much the same thing; etc)

Picture oneself readings ones' comment aloud on the BBC :-)

"The author apparently seems to have missed the likelihood that current resources may be nearing a depletion curve in the near future, and is rather dismissive of the environmental damage attributed to these sources. One must wonder if he is perhaps seriously short sighted."

Something like that (feel free to add just a bit of acid, for flavor, at the very end)



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