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Doomsday Prophet Falls Off Peak Oil Bandwagon
In today’s rant, I attempt to explain once and for all why this former believer in the Peak Oil doomsday scenario has fallen off the Peak Oil bandwagon, and no longer believes that Peak Oil will bring down this global industrial civilization — as much as it pains me to say that.
9 Comments on "Doomsday Prophet Falls Off Peak Oil Bandwagon"
Charlie Bucket on Wed, 8th May 2013 4:49 pm
Planetagent’s head is going to explode having to agree with this guy. HA HA. I am imagining JHK and RH are cringing every time this guy mentions their name. Not sure why this is even posted, he is just rehashing other people’s ideas. I developed a headache at about 21min and had to stop watching.
rollin on Wed, 8th May 2013 5:30 pm
Fact 1: Oil is a finite resource.
Fact 2: Industrial civilization has become very dependent upon oil, making it vulnerable.
Fact 3: High tech exploration and production techniques have plateaued the production of oil. Also, developing oil production in less desirable areas is keeping oil production from fast descent.
Fact 4: Due to Fact 3, we now have more time to properly prepare for Fact 1 and Fact 2
Now is a good time to get on the bandwagon, or at least do some self-preparedness for energy losses. All the newly found tight oil regions will only produce about a years worth of oil consumption in the US, not a real game changer.
I can understand people being frustrated by the inability to exactly predict the timing or rate of oil collapse, but it does not change the underlying fundamentals.
Arthur on Wed, 8th May 2013 5:37 pm
This guy thinks the world is doomed because Peak Oil wil **NOT** happen (in time). Heinberg and Kunstler completely underestimated the fracking potential. Natural Gas is the next big thing, including for vehicles. He is afraid that a new complacency will set in and that the drive for renewables is going to stall. Global warming is going to beat peak-oil. Victims are going to be people in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Arthur: I said earlier that this is a very real possibility and that there could be much more oil and gas to extract than previously believed possible and that the environment might break down before we run out of oil/gas.
moli on Wed, 8th May 2013 5:53 pm
look its over for oil. . gas is different . . it has less arrogance. . it will allow the poorer nations to prosper and give way to healthy debate. the usa under israili rule kabbalist cult rule egged on by its uk poodle will have to cry and stomp and wail as new global alliances form eg brics etc
moli on Wed, 8th May 2013 5:59 pm
and please will ppl realise that global warming etc is just bs engineered to give future generations a will to walk rather than drive and be accepting of less alot less. . and theres no harm in that lol
J-Gav on Wed, 8th May 2013 6:10 pm
As to when our “global industrial civilization” comes down, the weirdo says at the end “I guess we’ll know over the next 40 or 50 years.”
No, we won’t have to wait that long. And in my view, the more likely trigger will be a financial collapse which takes out many of the global supply chains. Some of them will be re-established but then convergence with resource depletion and climate change will finish the job … This process has begun, will accelerate over the next 5 years and within 20 years (not 50!) people still alive should have a pretty clear picture they’re no longer living in the same world they were born into.
Harquebus on Thu, 9th May 2013 1:20 am
Where is the body? Greece etc. on life support.
That fracking gas is a ponzi scheme. This guy’s an idiot. He does not understand energy density or EROEI and the affects of its lowering on the economy.
BillT on Thu, 9th May 2013 1:47 am
So many deniers out there and so little time…lol.
So, the race is on as to what takes down the human race:
1. Too much carbon fuels left.
2. Too much world wide debt.
3. Mother Nature releasing severe climate change.
But one or more of them will win. And, if you are under 40, you may very well get to see the extinction of homo sapiens and most of the life on this planet. The latest marker is the first summer that all of the Arctic ice disappears. After that it may be only a few years until …
Michael Flores on Sun, 12th May 2013 6:59 am
Invest 3 minutes and watch Post Oil Man:
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=TWC6W1ctkMY&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DTWC6W1ctkMY