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47 comments on Public interest, peak oil and global warming

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skylar on February 12, 2006 - 5:20pm

Yes, I was also struck by the 2025 comment. It seems oddly morose for the usually jocular Deffeyes.

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reno on February 13, 2006 - 9:35am

Although Deffeyes statement may be a bit on the bold side, one has to wonder just what it will take to wake up the sheeple to peak oil. What catalyst will drive the people to start thinking about their future or more importantly, their childrens future in a world with less oil, alot less oil I think we can all agree.

What I see happening now is a load of propaganda coming from the government, politicians, and oil companies that our future is GREEN and RENEWABLE.. That's the message the sheeple are getting and they believe everything will be OK..

I for one, didn't even know about peak oil until about may 2005. SO until TSHTF, most people are satisfied to go about their daily lives not thinking about what tomorrow brings..

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skylar on February 13, 2006 - 3:10pm

But the people who go to his web site are largely the converted.
The sheeple never wander there.
It sounds to me that he has truly become discouraged by his numbers.

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step back on February 13, 2006 - 3:59pm

propaganda coming from the government, politicians, and oil companies that our future is GREEN and RENEWABLE.. That's the message the sheeple are getting and they believe everything will be OK..

We should not be discouraged by the "sheeple count".

Bottom line is that more people in control of industry and government are waking up and seeing the approaching tsunami.

Hell, "addicted to oil" made it into this year's State of the Union Speech. Never mind the speaker's motives, it was still there. Who would have predicted that 2 years ago?

Even General Motors (GM !) is kind of admitting that Houston we have a problem.

Tom Friedman is talking about energy independence in his editorials.

John Tierney is provacateering about it in his.

You've come a long way baby.