Oil production should peak out around the world in the early 1990s...That means in five years' time we may have chewed up most of the possibility of further expansion of oil production. — James R. Schlesinger Copy Share Image
We are not good at recognizing distant threats even if their probability is 100%. Society ignoring [peak oil] is like the people of Pompeii ignoring the rumblings below Vesuvius. — James R. Schlesinger Copy Share Image
Oil production should peak out around the world in the early 1990s...That means in five years' time we may have chewed up most of… — James R. Schlesinger Copy Share Image
We are not good at recognizing distant threats even if their probability is 100%. Society ignoring [peak oil] is like the people of Pompeii… — James R. Schlesinger Copy Share Image
Under budgetary pressure (arbitrary or not) it is truly remarkable how many options one discovers one can do without. — James R. Schlesinger Copy Share Image
“Viewed abstractly, systems analysis implies rigorous thinking, hopefully quantitative, regarding the gains and the resource-expenditures involved in a particular course of action -- to… — James R. Schlesinger Copy Share Image
The notion of a defense that will protect American cities is one that will not be achieved, but it is that goal that supplies… — James R. Schlesinger Copy Share Image
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