Kenneth S. Deffeyes Citas

• Todos los economistas creen que si te presentas en la caja con suficiente dinero, Dios pondrá más petróleo bajo tierra.

  Kenneth S. Deffeyes

  Thinking, Oil, Cages

  "Petroleum joyride almost over?". www.wired.com. May 29, 2005.

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• 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 crude oil.

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  Running, Oil, Years

  Kenneth S. Deffeyes (2008). “Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage”, p.176, Princeton University Press

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• 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.

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  Oil, Years, Might

  Kenneth S. Deffeyes (2006). “Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak”, p.12, Macmillan

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• 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, no drilling in the South China Sea, no SUV replacements, no renewable energy projects can be brought on at a sufficient rate to avoid a bidding war for the remaining oil.

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  Guerra, Años, Mar

  Kenneth S. Deffeyes (2008). “Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage (New Edition)”, p.149, Princeton University Press

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• En cierto sentido, los combustibles fósiles son un regalo de una sola vez que nos levantó de la agricultura de subsistencia y, con el tiempo, debería conducirnos a un futuro basado en recursos renovables.

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  Future, Science, Agriculture

  Kenneth S. Deffeyes (2008). “The Future of Fossil Fuels: From "Hubbert's Peak"”, p.160, Princeton University Press

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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.

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  War, Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse, Pestilence

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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.

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  War, Years, Pestilence

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