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Keep in mind that Hubbert said production, not reserves, would peak and decline. Since Hubbert made his forecast, vast new reserves have been uncovered. From that peak, Hubbert, whose theory unfortunately gave every doomsayer leave to shriek alarms about the end of oil, believed production would be in perpetual decline. Instead, production actually increased after a short fall-off.
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