A Peak at the Future
The topic of running out of oil never really left my radar screen since listening to Edgar Winter’s White Trash and Tower of Power address the issue somewhat lopsidedly. Now comes Harper’s Magazine to renew my interest, so I google “peak oil” and find…well a lot commentary. Much more than I expected, in fact, from both sides of the issue. I thought everyone was still arguing about global warming now that Gore put out his film; WRONG AGAIN!
Now unless you’re a geologist, you can’t really have an informed opinion on this, and even if you ARE a geologist, you’ve got some pretty questionable data to work with. That may keep some geologist not in the employ of Exxon, et alia from saying much, but it doesn’t keep the sides down, and their arguments amount to this:Peak Oiler: We’re running out of oil, on which our civilization depends, and when it […]
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