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New technologies have proven peak oil off by quite a number of years, but not wrong perse. It is a finite resource after all and if we don't reach a peak throu
by Lutger 4y ago
New technologies have proven peak oil off by quite a number of years, but not wrong perse.
It is a finite resource after all and if we don't reach a peak through depletion, climate change will force us to greatly reduce extraction.
Peak oil isn't wrong, it is inevitable.
- civilized 4y agoDoomsday preachers would love your argument here. They've been wrong over and over, but doomsday is eventually coming! The sun will explode, heat death of the universe... sooner or later, something will spell doom for the human race. Doomsday isn't wrong, it's inevitable!
- Lutger 4y agoThis is such a ridiculous argument, I don't even know where to begin. I mean, do you imply that every thing that is bad which we can see coming is not going to happen because 'doomsday preachers would love it'? I hope you can see how absurd this is.
- civilized 4y agoI think you're missing the point. It's not helpful to demand constant attention to a bad thing that is eventually coming if you are always extremely wrong about the timescale, and it is in fact much further off than you have said. The mere point that something bad will eventually happen is trivial and doesn't help civilization prioritize. "X is technically still coming" protects the credibility of the end-of-X preacher, instead of engaging with the more important point that the end-of-X preacher has been hopelessly wrong to the point that it's no longer helpful to listen to them.
- panick21_ 4y agoYes and at some point the sun will destroy earth. If Peak oil just means 'all resources are limited' then its an insight that an empty bottle of water could have made. It has no relevance for the real world.