Peak Oil Quotes

So many of these guys say the most compelling things. Most are one-liners. Here's a sampling in no patricular order.


James Howard Kunstler

"... [Friedman] asserts that globalism is now a permanent feature of the human condition. I demur from this view. I think we will discover (probably painfully) that globalism was a set of transient economic relations made possible by a half century of cheap oil and relative peace between the great powers ..." -- Kunstler's CFN -- 16 April 2007

"Others have said (and I concur) that 2008 will be the year that the issue of Peak Oil not only takes stage in the forefront of American politics, but pushes global warming aside as the most immediate threat to the "modern" way-of-life. There is every reason to believe that the world has arrived at its all-time oil production peak -- and some statisticians would even pin-point the exact moment as July 2006." -- Kunstler's CFN -- 31 December 2007

"We'd better begin a public debate about whether it is feasible or desirable to construct any new nuclear power plants. If there are good reasons to go forward with nuclear, and a consensus about the risks and benefits, we need to establish it quickly. There may be no other way to keep the lights on in America after 2020." -- Kunstler's CFN -- 14 January 2008

Matthew R. Simmons
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Peter Golden

"When people lie, they know they are doing something wrong. But when they just make things up, there's no consciousness of right or wrong at work. It seems morally okay to live in a fantasy world -- and this is much more pernicious to the public discourse than lying." -- Kunstler's CFN -- 10 September 2007

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Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul (or: "There's a Hole in the Barrel, Dear Liza, Dear Liza")

There's a hole in the barrel,
Dear Liza,
Dear Liza.
There's a hole in the barrel,
Dear Liza,
A hole.

So fix it, dear Henry,
Dear Henry,
Dear Henry.
So fix it, dear Henry,
Dear Henry,
Fix it.

With what shall I fix it,
Dear Liza,
Dear Liza?
With what shall I fix it,
Dear Liza?
With what?

With alternatives, dear Henry,
Dear Henry,
Dear Henry.
With alternatives,
Dear Henry,
Dear Henry,
Alternatives.

But the alternatives aren't plentious,
Dear Liza,
Dear Liza.
But the alternatives aren't plentious,
Dear Liza,
Plenteous.

So build them up, dear Henry,
Dear Henry,
Dear Henry.
So build them up,
Dear Henry,
Dear Henry,
Build them up.

With what shall I build them?
Dear Liza,
Dear Liza?
With what shall I build them,
Dear Liza?
With what?

With energy, dear Henry,
Dear Henry,
Dear Henry.
With energy,
Dear Henry,
Dear Henry,
energy.

From where shall I get it?
Dear Liza,
Dear Liza?
From where shall I get it,
Dear Liza?
With what?

From the barrel, dear Henry,
Dear Henry,
Dear Henry.
From the barrel,
Dear Henry,
Dear Henry,
The barrel.

But there's a hole in the barrel.
Dear Liza,
Dear Liza.
There's a hole in the barrel,
Dear Liza,
A hole.

Peak Oil Principal Players

I will update this list as I learn more.

James Howard Kunstler - New York

• http://www.kunstler.com/
• free-lance journalist and novelist
• leading Peak Oil commentator
• author of over a dozen books
• frequently speaks at seminars, on TV, and in the press
• books of note: The Long Emergency and World Made by Hand

Matthew R. Simmons - Texas

• http://theoildrum.com/
• banking executive and oil industry insider
• leading Peak Oil commentator
• frequent guest speaker
• frequent press interviewee
• frequently consulted by government leaders
• web site is the is #1 Peak Oil site on the net
• author of Twilight in the Desert: the Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy

Jeffrey Rubin - Canada

• http://www.cibcwm.com/wm/index.html
• Chief Economist and Strategist for the World Markets Division of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
• frequently makes accurate predictions on oil futures

Peak Oil Vocabulary Terms

I will frequently update and refine this list as I learn more information.

Energy Descent - the period beyond the peak in world oil production.

Transition Culture
Wikipedia

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