PEAK OIL ADVOCATES WRONG, EXPERT SAYS
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Wednesday, December 28, 2005 - FreeMarketNews.comby staff reportsDr Vaclav Smil, a Distinguished Professor at the University of Manitoba at Winnipeg, who is also an award-winning researcher and the acclaimed author of a number of books on the subjects of energy, the biosphere and the civilization writes an article titled "Peak Oil: A Catastrophist Cult and Complex Realities," and can be viewed in PDF form here at the U. of Manitoba site. In the words of the author, the purpose of the article is to "dismantle the foundations of the new catastrophist cult" -- the conclusions by "peak oil advocates" (Colin Campbell, Kenneth Deffeys, et al.). These conclusions, in Dr Smil's view "are based on interpretations that lack any nuanced understanding of the human quest for energy, disregard the role of prices, ignore any historical perspectives, and presuppose the end of human inventiveness and adaptability." The author slams the "peak-oil groupies" with the accusation of spreading "the culture of doom," and raises the following key points to rebut their arguments, on which (the points) he then elaborates in the article.
Wednesday, December 28, 2005 - FreeMarketNews.comby staff reportsDr Vaclav Smil, a Distinguished Professor at the University of Manitoba at Winnipeg, who is also an award-winning researcher and the acclaimed author of a number of books on the subjects of energy, the biosphere and the civilization writes an article titled "Peak Oil: A Catastrophist Cult and Complex Realities," and can be viewed in PDF form here at the U. of Manitoba site. In the words of the author, the purpose of the article is to "dismantle the foundations of the new catastrophist cult" -- the conclusions by "peak oil advocates" (Colin Campbell, Kenneth Deffeys, et al.). These conclusions, in Dr Smil's view "are based on interpretations that lack any nuanced understanding of the human quest for energy, disregard the role of prices, ignore any historical perspectives, and presuppose the end of human inventiveness and adaptability." The author slams the "peak-oil groupies" with the accusation of spreading "the culture of doom," and raises the following key points to rebut their arguments, on which (the points) he then elaborates in the article.
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