[ExI] Whatever happened to peak oil by 2020?

[Tomaz Kristan]

> I should say it surprises me that in 2013 most people have no clue what
Peak Fossil means

Yes, indeed! After 7 or so years after the peek oil, they still don't get
it! Even those oil diggers, instead of realizing it they just pump it ever
more and more.




On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org> wrote:

> On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 08:04:22PM +0200, Tomasz Rola wrote:
>
> > Perhaps this is some new kind of millenarianism. Or maybe there is
> > existential risk. Problem is, I don't think we can be absolutely sure of
> > numbers we've got. We are living in artificial domain, made of education,
>
> I've been reading http://theoildrum.com/ for many years now, and
> their numbers and forecasts held up a lot better than official ones
> (to the point of official forecasts being running jokes, but
> of the unfunny variety).
>
> I should say it surprises me that in 2013 most people have no
> clue what Peak Fossil means, but unfortunately it doesn't
> surprise me. History may not repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
>
> Good luck. We all are going to need it.
>
> > advertisement and possibly some disinformation. Which is why it is good
> to
> > have alternative feed, like resource prices (those can be skewed, too).
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