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Kenneth S. Deffeyes Quotes:

Kenneth S. Deffeyes quotes

Ocupation: Geologist

Life: b. 1931


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Through our inattention, we have wasted the years that we might have used to prepare for lessened oil supplies. The next ten years are critical.

source: - Kenneth S. Deffeyes (2006). “Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak”, p.12, Macmillan

Topics: Years, Oil, Inattention, Peak Oil

Running out of energy in the long run is not the problem.... The bind comes during the next 10 years: getting over our dependence on crude oil.

source: - Kenneth S. Deffeyes (2008). “Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage”, p.176, Princeton University Press

Topics: Running, Oil, Years, Crude Oil

In a sense, the fossil fuels are a onetime gift that lifted us up from subsistence agriculture and eventually should lead us to a future based on renewable resources.

source: - Kenneth S. Deffeyes (2008). “The Future of Fossil Fuels: From "Hubbert's Peak"”, p.160, Princeton University Press

Topics: Agriculture, Fuel, Renewable Resources, Subsistence


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