"The fossil fuel optimists in the world tend to be economists, not
geologists (who generally take an empirical rather than religious
approach to matters). Those economists simply know that they know that
the marketplace is a superior force—even a god-like one—to which we
should exclusively entrust our energy future. Yet, that same marketplace
has failed to yield enough crude oil in the last decade to provide the
cheap energy that keeps the global system stable ... Failed peak oil predictions of the past don't mean that peak oil is wrong, only that peak oil draws ever closer. The bumpy plateau in oil production proper (crude oil plus lease condensate) since 2005 ought to be cause for alarm ... [M]ost of the world's governments have no plausible plan for addressing
the consequences of a persistent decline in world oil production. So,
given that, it hardly seems advisable to them to inform the public about
a danger for which there is no response ... Keep in mind that the work that the optimists do on Wall Street and in
the oil industry is focused specifically on making rich people richer ... It matters little whether my cat ever comes to the realization that he's
getting the same water upstairs as he is in the basement. His
'religious' belief in upstairs water does no harm to him and
inconveniences me only on rare occasions. But the religious devotion of
the energy optimists to the oil abundance story and their campaign to
prevent a reasoned discussion based on the facts and logic has the
potential to harm us all very badly and soon."
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