Once supply begins to dwindle, the years to follow will see shortages that at best will cause global recession, possibly worse than the 1930s Great Depression, ... war, famine, pestilence and death. — Kenneth S. Deffeyes Copy Share Image
Through our inattention, we have wasted the years that we might have used to prepare for lessened oil supplies. The next ten years are… — Kenneth S. Deffeyes Copy Share Image
“Of course, the methods for human population control are enormously controversial. One contraceptive measure seems to be humane and acceptable: If you teach calculus… — Kenneth S. Deffeyes Copy Share Image
This much is certain... No initiative put in place starting today can have a substantial effect on the peak production year. No Caspian Sea… — Kenneth S. Deffeyes Copy Share Image
Running out of energy in the long run is not the problem.... The bind comes during the next 10 years: getting over our dependence… — Kenneth S. Deffeyes Copy Share Image
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,… — Kenneth S. Deffeyes Copy Share Image
In a sense, the fossil fuels are a onetime gift that lifted us up from subsistence agriculture and eventually should lead us to a… — Kenneth S. Deffeyes Copy Share Image
Once supply begins to dwindle, the years to follow will see shortages that at best will cause global recession, possibly worse than the 1930s… — Kenneth S. Deffeyes Copy Share Image
The economists all think that if you show up at the cashier's cage with enough currency, God will put more oil in ground, — Kenneth S. Deffeyes Copy Share Image
