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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