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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/)

[Kenneth S. Deffeyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-s-deffeyes/)

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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 Great Depression, ... war, famine, pestilence and death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-s-deffeyes/once-supply-begins-to-dwindle-the-years-to-follow-will-see-shortages/)

[Kenneth S. Deffeyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-s-deffeyes/)

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## Other authors on 1930s

## 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/)

[Kenneth S. Deffeyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-s-deffeyes/)

> [“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/)

[Kenneth S. Deffeyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-s-deffeyes/)

> [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/)

[Kenneth S. Deffeyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-s-deffeyes/)

> [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/)

[Kenneth S. Deffeyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-s-deffeyes/)

> [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/)

[Kenneth S. Deffeyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-s-deffeyes/)

> [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/)

[Kenneth S. Deffeyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-s-deffeyes/)

> [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/)

[Kenneth S. Deffeyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-s-deffeyes/)

> [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/)

[Kenneth S. Deffeyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-s-deffeyes/)

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