Ocupation: Geologist
Life: b. 1931
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
topic: Agriculture, Fuel, Renewable Resources, Subsistence