We need to learn quickly to keep up with the massive change around us so we don't get run over. We need to outrun change.
“We are about to starve to death” is a recurringly popular idea. And it is recurringly wrong. Rich Karlgaard surveys the Malthusians of several ages before giving two reasons such folks always miss the boat in his article Bad News Bear at Forbes. Mr. Karlgaard mentions four people in the we’re-gonna’-starve-this-afternoon camp. I’ll add a fifth.
This page pulls together the second volume of “Peak Oil” posts in one place. Enjoy! Previous discussions are in Peak Oil (volume 1). We don’t have to prosper from all that oil we found, world edition – Peak Oil #15 How much shale-gas is underground? The Wall Street has a great graphic in their article Global … Continue reading “Peak Oil vol. 2”
I make it a high priority to avoid corrosive humor, such as sarcasm or ridicule, in my writing. But when it comes to the foolish Peak Oil concept, laughter seems to be the only appropriate response. factual background In a 1949 article, Dr. M. King Hubbert was able to calculate the total amount of oil … Continue reading “Three of the six biggest oil fields ever found cannot exist – Peak Oil #13”
This page combines all of the “Peak Oil” posts in one place. Enjoy! This is a large enough group of posts that the compilation of Peak Oil discussion continues in Peak Oil vol 2. We will never run out of oil. Peak oil #1 I’ve come across a term that struck me as silly as … Continue reading “Peak Oil vol. 1”
Is quoting someone and explaining his position an ad hominem attack? That means attacking someone personally instead of criticizing their ideas. I don’t think so. Check out the solution to our energy problems according to the founder of the ‘peak oil’ concept, Dr. M. King Hubbert, PhD. Also, I’m not sure if Dr. Hubbert’s solutions … Continue reading “Solutions to peak oil – dial back our population and standard of living to pre-1949. Peak oil #3”
I started a discussion of the silly concept of ‘peak oil’ here. That is the concept that we will soon hit a peak of oil production at which point production will fall. Furthermore, we will run out of oil very soon. I’ve started off with a recap of a superb article by Daniel Yergin in a … Continue reading “Where did this peak oil concept come from? Peak oil #2”