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> [The least-bad scenario is a hard landing, global recession worse than the 1930s. The worst-case borrows from the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: war, famine, pestilence and death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-s-deffeyes/the-least-bad-scenario-is-a-hard-landing-global-recession-worse-than/)

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## More by 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-s-deffeyes/through-our-inattention-we-have-wasted-the-years-that-we-might-have/)

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> [“Of course, the methods for human population control are enormously controversial. One contraceptive measure seems to be humane and acceptable: If you teach calculus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-s-deffeyes/of-course-the-methods-for-human-population-control-are-enormously/)

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> [This much is certain... No initiative put in place starting today can have a substantial effect on the peak production year. No Caspian Sea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-s-deffeyes/this-much-is-certain-no-initiative-put-in-place-starting-today-can/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-s-deffeyes/running-out-of-energy-in-the-long-run-is-not-the-problem-the-bind/)

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> [The least-bad scenario is a hard landing, global recession worse than the 1930s. The worst-case borrows from the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: war,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-s-deffeyes/the-least-bad-scenario-is-a-hard-landing-global-recession-worse-than/)

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> [In a sense, the fossil fuels are a onetime gift that lifted us up from subsistence agriculture and eventually should lead us to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-s-deffeyes/in-a-sense-the-fossil-fuels-are-a-onetime-gift-that-lifted-us-up-from/)

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> [Once supply begins to dwindle, the years to follow will see shortages that at best will cause global recession, possibly worse than the 1930s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-s-deffeyes/once-supply-begins-to-dwindle-the-years-to-follow-will-see-shortages/)

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> [The economists all think that if you show up at the cashier's cage with enough currency, God will put more oil in ground,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-s-deffeyes/the-economists-all-think-that-if-you-show-up-at-the-cashier-s-cage/)

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