All Kenneth S. Deffeyes Quotes
- Through our inattention, we have wasted the years that we might have used to prepare for lessened oil supplies. The next ten years are critical. Critical
- Running out of energy in the long run is not the problem.... The bind comes during the next 10 years: getting over our dependence on… Bind
- This much is certain... No initiative put in place starting today can have a substantial effect on the peak production year. No Caspian Sea exploration,… Avoid
- The economists all think that if you show up at the cashier's cage with enough currency, God will put more oil in ground, All
- In a sense, the fossil fuels are a onetime gift that lifted us up from subsistence agriculture and eventually should lead us to a future… Agriculture
- 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,… Apocalypse
- 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… Begins