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The short video features peak oil activist Paul Chefurka.
Professor Goose, who posted the clip at The Oil Drum calls this: “Your Basic Petroleum Depletion Story (a Story You’re Likely Going to be Seeing a Lot More of Soon)” He writes:
Hey, correct me if wrong, but are those graphs on the laptop from Stuart’s Saudi post from a few weeks ago? Good for you Paul! (links to Stuart’s Saudi posts can be found here and here; Paul’s website can be found here.)
It is true that no high-energy society has ever halved its material throughput and existed at that level across generations. But an absent precedent for an unprecedented situation merely tells us the situation is new, not what people will do.
October 1, 2026
With age, I’ve become more aware of the world’s complexity but also better equipped to come to simple, albeit painful, conclusions: We need to replace fantasies of endless growth with ideas about managing the contraction.
September 16, 2026
In this post, I examine differences in economic behaviour by comparing two types of periods: those with low energy affordability and those with high energy affordability.
August 26, 2026
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