The Oil Drum

I thought Darley was too obscure.  He said, "Peak oil is essentially quite a simple idea," but he never made it very clear what he meant by, "then you see a decline in that oil."  Does that mean the oil gets worse, or what?  Any Peak Oiler would know, of course, but I wonder how long it took the average viewer to catch on?

Lynch attacked, saying, "Julian and a lot of the people making these arguments are not that familiar with the technical terms in the oil industry."

Darley was far too polite, saying, "So I'm afraid I disagree with both those statements on factual grounds."

Someone posted that Kerry lost the "meta-debate" because he let Bush's people Swift-boat him without fighting back.  I listen to these Peak Oil debates, and the only one willing to mix it up with these guys seems to be Kunstler, who (no offense) seems to have the least scientific background.