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Average Joe: Yeah but thats just the greedy oil companys holding it back to push the price up in't it! (Usually delivered as a statement of fact)
Peak oiler: Um welll aaargh no not really....
Joe: There's plenty of oil they just want to rip us off. And the governemetn too . Look how much tax on petrol there is.
Peak Guy: Oil is actaully still pretty cheap considering the work it does
Joe: Cheap! (spluttering) How can call it cheap? It costs nearly a hundred bucks just fill the wifes Commodore. And the ute and the boat cost nearly two hundred just to go fisshing for a weekend. JUST FOR FISHING. How can can you call it cheap?
And so on and so forth.....
(feel free to add to the converstation)
Don't forget, "Yes there are problems, but as the price rises we'll develop new technologies and it'll all be alright."
I've had people tell me in all seriousness that since Titan has hydrocarbon seas... :)
Discussing prices years ago with my dad (an oil patch veteran):
He understood depletion (like in his own wells) BUT NOT PEAK. What he understood was:
"obviously the Chinese are willing to outbid us on what's left".
Suddenly there was no more discussion as the light went on. I mean, I know that's unfair and all, but I think it's not worth trying to make people understand PO per se..