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38 comments on Nate Hagens on "The Reality Report" with Jason Bradford at Noon EST

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BobCousins on November 27, 2007 - 7:54am

"True geological peak" is only a theoretical possibility, i.e. in an ideal world, which provides an upper limit. Since we do not have an ideal world, the actual peak will be the logistic peak, which will always be lower than the theoretical maximum.

The idea there is a single point where all hell breaks loose is a myth. In reality the transition from cheap oil to expensive oil is a continuous function.

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Nate Hagens on November 27, 2007 - 10:47am

very succinctly put

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