Century Quote by David Goodstein

“The world will soon start to run out of conventionally produced, cheap oil…. We [will] start to run out of all fossil fuels by the end of this century.” quote by David Goodstein — Download Open image

“The world will soon start to run out of conventionally produced, cheap oil…. We [will] start to run out of all fossil fuels by the end of this century.”

David Goodstein

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