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Running out of energy in the long run is not the problem.... The bind comes during the next 10 years: getting over our dependence on crude oil.

Kenneth S. Deffeyes

Through our inattention, we have wasted the years that we might have used to prepare for lessened oil supplies. The next ten years are critical.

Kenneth S. Deffeyes

This much is certain... No initiative put in place starting today can have a substantial effect on the peak production year. No Caspian Sea exploration, no drilling in the South China Sea, no SUV replacements, no renewable energy projects can be brought on at a sufficient rate to avoid a bidding war for the remaining oil.

Kenneth S. Deffeyes

In a sense, the fossil fuels are a onetime gift that lifted us up from subsistence agriculture and eventually should lead us to a future based on renewable resources.

Kenneth S. Deffeyes

Kenneth S. Deffeyes

Kenneth S. Deffeyes

Born: 1931

Died: November 29, 2017 (aged 86)

Bio: Kenneth S. Deffeyes was a geologist who worked with M. King Hubbert, the creator of the Hubbert peak theory, at the Shell Oil Company research laboratory in Houston, Texas.

Known for:

Beyond Oil (2005)
Hubbert's Peak (2001)
When Oil Peaked (2010)
Nanoscale: Visualizing an Invisible World (2009)

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