One of the pernicious consequences of the
internet is that people are free to make sweeping statements to large audiences without actually substantiating their claims, notions, or repetitions of urban myths. Such poor construction of a position usually results from a combination of ideology, prejudice, and ignorance.
The first two are difficult to address, but ignorance can be remedied by some basic self-education, and specifically, by research. To this end, the most popular
internet mechanism is to use the well-known search engine,
Google. The term "
Google goggles" is an alliterative/consonant reference to the process of improving the clarity of one's understanding by the simple trick of typing some key words into a search engine - and learning!
Jonathan was completely clueless about how much
oil was left underground around the planet. Had he put on his
Google goggles, he might have understood that contrary to his claims otherwise, the concept of Peak
Oil was in fact very accurate, and completely supported by the best data and analyses available.
